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PublisherAtria Books

ISBN-101451649398

ISBN-139781451649390

eBay Product ID (ePID)242843264

Product Key Features

Book TitleClockmaker's Daughter : a Novel

Number of Pages496 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicGeneral, Literary, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorKate Morton

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight23.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-008381

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsMorton does again what she's done so well in international best sellers from The House at Riverton to The Lake House ., Brilliant...delivers the satisfactions of all her bestsellers since debuting with The House at Riverton ...perfect books for just about every reader., In the latest from Morton, secrets from the past come to light in the present, a theme that is the author's specialty.... Missing babies, maternal sacrifice, and secrets, secrets, secrets--Morton offers generous clues, only to peel back deeper layers just when the truth seems close.....not short on heart-wrenching choices and rich characters ., A rich and almost magical good old-fashioned tale...a fabulous addition to her work...whisks the reader away into another world...The Lake House is the perfect read for cold, dark nights., Skillful, suspenseful, surprising...a perfect read for ...dark winter evenings...Morton is a master of suspense., Compelling...Morton's plotting is impeccable, and her finely wrought characters...are as surprised as readers will be by the astonishing conclusion., ..a stunning, well-woven mystery that will keep readers hooked through myriad twists and turns. There are secrets within secrets in this story, and every time readers think they've figured it out, something new will be revealed., The stories, brilliantly told by Morton, offer musings on art, betrayal, and the ways in which real lives and real places can evolve over time into the stuff of legends., [Morton's] most ambitious work yet...Morton proves once again that history is not a straight line but an intricate, infinite web.

SynopsisINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An ambitious, compelling historical mystery with a fabulous cast of characters...Kate Morton at her very best." --Kristin Hannah " An elaborate tapestry...Morton doesn't disappoint ." -- The Washington Post " Classic English country-house Goth at its finest ." -- New York Post In the depths of a 19th-century winter, a little girl is abandoned on the streets of Victorian London. She grows up to become in turn a thief, an artist's muse, and a lover. In the summer of 1862, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she travels with a group of artists to a beautiful house on a bend of the Upper Thames. Tensions simmer and one hot afternoon a gunshot rings out. A woman is killed, another disappears, and the truth of what happened slips through the cracks of time. It is not until over a century later, when another young woman is drawn to Birchwood Manor, that its secrets are finally revealed. Told by multiple voices across time, this is an intricately layered, richly atmospheric novel about art and passion, forgiveness and loss, that shows us that sometimes the way forward is through the past., INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An ambitious, compelling historical mystery with a fabulous cast of characters...Kate Morton at her very best." --Kristin Hannah " An elaborate tapestry...Morton doesn't disappoint ." -- The Washington Post Classic English country-house Goth at its finest . -- New York Post In the depths of a 19th-century winter, a little girl is abandoned on the streets of Victorian London. She grows up to become in turn a thief, an artist's muse, and a lover. In the summer of 1862, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she travels with a group of artists to a beautiful house on a bend of the Upper Thames. Tensions simmer and one hot afternoon a gunshot rings out. A woman is killed, another disappears, and the truth of what happened slips through the cracks of time. It is not until over a century later, when another young woman is drawn to Birchwood Manor, that its secrets are finally revealed. Told by multiple voices across time, this is an intricately layered, richly atmospheric novel about art and passion, forgiveness and loss, that shows us that sometimes the way forward is through the past.

LC Classification NumberPR9619.4.M74C58 2018