The House at Riverton
by Kate Morton | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0330448447 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0330448447 Global Overview for this book
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Blurb:
Summer 1924. On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.
Winter 1999. Grace Bradley, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and old memories - long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind - begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge, something history has forgotten but Grace never could.
Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, The House at Riverton is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story.
Summer 1924. On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.
Winter 1999. Grace Bradley, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and old memories - long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind - begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge, something history has forgotten but Grace never could.
Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, The House at Riverton is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story.
Wow, how wonderful. It has been a while since I was priviledged to receive a true and unexpected wishlist rabck. And when I opened the book a real treasuretrove of labels fell out. (Which is just fabulous, because I ran out of my own labels two days ago! Hurray!!) Thank you so much for sending this wishlist book my way, ApoloniaX! I am sure that I will enjoy it!!
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I enjoyed everything about this book. It wasn't an amasing, fast paced thrill ride but it was very interesting. It grabbs your attention straight away and the author feeds you tiny snippets of information which never quite lead you to the correct conclusion in the end. Thanks for sharing it with me!
Reserved for Yelle1107.
Reserved for Yelle1107.
Enjoy!
I just got home and found this book waiting for me! :)
Thank you very much for sending this book from my wishlist to me! :)
Thank you very much for sending this book from my wishlist to me! :)