Name: The Glass of Time par Michael Cox
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The Glass of Time Résumé

The Glass of Time Michael Cox

1876. Nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives at the great country house of Evenwood to be interviewed for the position of lady's-maid.

But Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l'Orme, to uncover the dark and dangerous secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal, and to set right a past injustice in which Esperanza's own closest interests are bound up.

Gradually those secrets are revealed, and with them the truth of who Esperanza really is, enmeshing her in a complicated web of intrigue, deceit, and murder that culminates in betrayal by those she trusted most.

A sequel to the widely praised The Meaning of Night, The Glass of Time is both a page-turning period mystery and a gripping study of identity, the nature of secrets, and what can happen when past obsessions impose themselves on an unwilling present.

The Glass of Time Avis

'A mystery worthy of Wilkie Collins, combining all the ingredients of a Gothic romance ? disinherited heroines, dissolute heroes, revenge and remorse ? with a very modern sense of pace' * The Times *
Smart reflections on the shifting, shifty nature of identity * Hephzibah Anderson, Daily Mail *
'Imbued with Victoriana, Mr Cox has wrought a romance of succession, possession and obsession' * Courier Mail (Aus) *
'A Gutsy 18-year-old heroine masquerades as a lady's maid to uncover dark secrets. Sounds intriguing' * Bookseller *
'Unlike many sequels, it does not disappoint, surpassing its predecessor in terms of atmosphere and suspense' * Bookseller *
'A thriller about identity and betrayal' * Easy Living *
'Brilliantly plotted story' * New Books *
'While other authors have written novels with similar elements . . . none manages to better his exquisite period detail, scope and sheer readability' * Independent *
'As a novelist obsessed with how the ghosts of the past inform and illuminate the present, this modern-day Wilkie Collins has done the spirit of his illustrious predecessor proud' * Independent *
'This is a period mystery told with great skill, notable for its marvellous sense of the past and vividly drawn characters' * Good Book Guide *

À propos de Michael Cox

Michael Cox was born in 1948. After graduating from Cambridge, he was a singer-songwriter before joining Oxford University Press. His first novel, The Meaning of Night, published in 2006 to wide critical acclaim, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and nominated for Waterstones Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards. Michael Cox died in March 2009.

Informations supplémentaires

Sku

GOR001252815

ISBN 13

9780719597206

ISBN 10

071959720X

Titre

The Glass of Time Michael Cox

Auteur

Michael Cox

État

Occasion - Très bon état

Relié

Éditeur

John Murray Press

Année de publication

20080904

Nombre de pages

544

Prix

N/A

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