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The clockmaker's daughter : a novel / Kate Morton.
In the depths of a nineteenth-century winter, a little girl is abandoned in 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 painters to Birchwood Manor, 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 more than a century later, when another young woman discovers a long-forgotten sketch and is drawn to Birchwood Manor, that its secrets are finally revealed.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451649413
- ISBN: 145164941X
- Physical Description: 485 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Washington Square Press / Atria Paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Washington Square Press : [2019]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes chronology of Birchwood Manor and a reader's guide with topics and questions for discussion. |
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| Subject: | Artists > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Theft > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Archivists > Fiction. Manors > Fiction. Oxfordshire (England) > Fiction. Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Romance fiction. Paranormal fiction. |
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- 3 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 3 copies available at Cass County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | F MOR 2019 (Text) | 0002205845130 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/20/2024 |
| Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | F MOR 2019 (Text) | 0002206293892 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill | F MOR 2019 (Text) | 0002205845122 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/29/2024 |
The Clockmaker's Daughter : A Novel
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The Clockmaker's Daughter : A Novel
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of the New York Times bestseller Homecoming --"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.
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