Title:
Novel2-The Forgotten Garden
Genre:
Drama
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Series:
Read It
Binding:
Paperback
Narrative:
Third Person
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
549
Number of Chapters:
51
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:42:07
Synopsis:
A lost child...
On the eve of the First World War, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A mysterious woman called the Authoress had promised to look after her but the Authoress has disappeared without a trace.
A terrible secret...
On the night of her twenty-first birthday, Nell O’Connor learns a secret that will change her life forever. Decades later, she embarks upon a search for the truth that leads her to the windswept Cornish coast and the strange and beautiful Blackhurst Manor, once owned by the aristocratic Mountrachet family.
A mysterious inheritance...
On Nell’s death, her granddaughter, Cassandra, comes into an unexpected inheritance. Cliff Cottage and it’s forgotten garden are notorious amongst the Cornish locals for the secrets they hold secrets about the doomed Mountrachet family and their ward Eliza Makepeace, a writer of dark Victorian fairy tales. It is here that Cassandra will finally uncover the truth about the family, and solve the century-old mystery of a little girl lost.
Includes first two chapters from “The Distant Hours”.
On the eve of the First World War, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A mysterious woman called the Authoress had promised to look after her but the Authoress has disappeared without a trace.
A terrible secret...
On the night of her twenty-first birthday, Nell O’Connor learns a secret that will change her life forever. Decades later, she embarks upon a search for the truth that leads her to the windswept Cornish coast and the strange and beautiful Blackhurst Manor, once owned by the aristocratic Mountrachet family.
A mysterious inheritance...
On Nell’s death, her granddaughter, Cassandra, comes into an unexpected inheritance. Cliff Cottage and it’s forgotten garden are notorious amongst the Cornish locals for the secrets they hold secrets about the doomed Mountrachet family and their ward Eliza Makepeace, a writer of dark Victorian fairy tales. It is here that Cassandra will finally uncover the truth about the family, and solve the century-old mystery of a little girl lost.
Includes first two chapters from “The Distant Hours”.
Author:
Kate Morton
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Publisher:
Allen & Unwin
Barcode:
9781741757644
Publication Date:
2009-06-06
Number of Copies:
1
Automatic Estimated Value:
en_GB@rg=auzzzz 1596
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-08-01
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:42:07
