Title:
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
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.
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.
Publisher:
Washington Square Press
Place of Printing:
New York
Publication Date:
2010-02-01
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:42:07
