A Half Forgotten Song - Couverture rigide

Webb, Katherine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1409131432 ISBN 13 : 9781409131434

Editeur : Orion, 2012

Synopsis

From the author of THE LEGACY and THE UNSEEN, comes a powerful tale that explores the dark heart of love, and the shocking truths that dwell there.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Katherine Webb was born in 1977 and grew up in rural Hampshire before reading History at Durham University. She has since spent time living in London and Venice, and now lives in Wiltshire.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Praise for Katherine Webb:

'A haunting novel of betrayal.' Woman & Home

'Occult happenings, romantic passion and murder disrupt the peace of a Berkshire village in 1911 in this hauntingly good novel from the author of The Legacy.' Marie Claire

'This is a great yarn, spanning several generations, with neat twists and a surprising ending.' Prima

'This is an engrossing and totally convincing piece of storytelling, a perfect curl-up-by-the-fire read.' You Magazine

'A saga that has it all - mystery, intrigue, history and a great big old house.' Amanda Ross, Radio Times

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

England, 1937. In the village of Blacknowle on the Dorset coast, fourteen-year-old Mitzy Hatcher has endured a wild and lonely upbringing. Shunned by her neighbours, the arrival of renowned artist Charles Aubrey, along with his exotic mistress and their daughters, is like a breath of fresh air. As Charles's muse, Mitzy develops a deep and abiding bond with the Aubrey household over the course of the following three summers.

Gradually, Mitzy begins to perceive a future she had never thought possible, and a powerful love is kindled in her. A love that will grow as she does: from innocence to obsession; from childish infatuation to something far more complex.

It will be almost seventy-five years before the consequences of this potent desire are fully played out, as a young man in an art gallery looks at a hastily-drawn portrait and wonders at the intensity of it. The questions he asks will lead him back to Blacknowle, and draw him to the truth about those fevered summers in the 1930s.

Moving from the wilds of the Dorset coast to the intoxicating heat of a Moroccan summer, A Half Forgotten Song explores the quixotic nature of memory - and the perils of obsessive love.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Orion
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1409131432
• ISBN 13: 9781409131434
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible