Pan Books; (Jun 2008); Pages: 350
ISBN:0330449605; ISBN13: 9780330449601 ; Our Ref: 0330449605
Format: Paperback
(Dimensions: 197 x 130 )
Subject: Modern fiction
Description / general overview :
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 has disappeared without a trace. A terrible secret: On the night of her twenty-first birthday, Nell Andrews 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 its 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 fairytales. It is here that Cassandra will finally uncover the truth about the family, and solve the century-old mystery of a little girl lost.
Addtional Info :
On the eve of the First World War, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A mysterious woman had promised to look after her - but has disappeared without a trace. On the night of her twenty-first birthday, Nell Andrews learns a secret that will change her life forever.
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