The House at Riverton
Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor,...
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Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet’s suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace’s mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could. Set as the war-shattered Edwardian summer surrenders to the decadent twenties, The House at Riverton is a thrilling mystery and a compelling love story. ‘In honeyed tones Caroline Lee offers up the memories of Grace Bradley... Lee’s reading is intelligent and sympathetic’ — AudioFile Magazine
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781602852044 (1602852049)
Publish date: June 1st 2008
Publisher: Center Point
Pages no: 614
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Mystery,
Drama,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Gothic
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...
This was interesting and I will post a full review soon.
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...
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 ...
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...
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