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by Kate Morton
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Ani's Book Abyss
Ani's Book Abyss rated it 8 years ago
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton Grace Bradley was just a girl when she began working as a servant at Riverton House. For years, her life was inextricably tied up with the glamorous and eccentric Hartford family's daughters, Hannah and Emmeline. Then, at a glittering society party in the s...
Blue Cat Review
Blue Cat Review rated it 9 years ago
This was interesting and I will post a full review soon.
All about me
All about me rated it 9 years ago
Actual rating 3.5This was my first audio novel, so I wasn't quite sure how I'd like it. It was ok after I got used to it. I could picture the settings and the plot unfolding, and I got a good sense of the characters. Most of the twists were quite well telegraphed but it was still an enjoyable journe...
The Primroses Were Over
The Primroses Were Over rated it 10 years ago
This was lovely and elegant and I think Kate Morton has a new fan over here. The pacing was slow and on some level we knew at least most of how the book was going to end--we're told up-front that there was a death and even who it is--but this was a book about getting to that point, and in that it ...
The Primroses Were Over
The Primroses Were Over rated it 10 years ago
This was lovely and elegant and I think Kate Morton has a new fan over here.The pacing was slow and on some level we knew at least most of how the book was going to end--we're told up-front that there was a death and even who it is--but this was a book about getting to that point, and in that it was...
Sarah's Library
Sarah's Library rated it 11 years ago
This was a GREAT read. I really liked the way it was told, always from Grace's point of view. Starting with her in 1999 at the age of 99 and then going back to her days as a house maid and then lady's maid. I got a bit annoyed with the confusion between Grace and Alfred and the fact that she chose H...
Sarah's Library
Sarah's Library rated it 11 years ago
This was a GREAT read. I really liked the way it was told, always from Grace's point of view. Starting with her in 1999 at the age of 99 and then going back to her days as a house maid and then lady's maid. I got a bit annoyed with the confusion between Grace and Alfred and the fact that she chose H...
Olivia Smith... and her BookWorld
Olivia Smith... and her BookWorld rated it 11 years ago
What's it about? Grace Bradley went to work at Riverton House as a servant when she was just a girl, before the First World War. For years her life was inextricably tied up with the Hartford family, most particularly the two daughters, Hannah and Emmeline. In the summer of 1924, at a glittering so...
Marcia
Marcia rated it 12 years ago
Not my most favorite Kate Morton book but I did enjoy it.
KOMET
KOMET rated it 12 years ago
Here's a novel that serves as a bridge between present and past, revealing startling secrets, complicated and troubled lives among the privileged classes and those persons from the lower rungs of British society who spent their lives in service to them in their country estates or stately city homes ...
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