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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. |
Available copies
- 3 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 3 copies available at Cass County.
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- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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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 |
Summary:
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.
