The House at Riverton :A Mystery-Filled Story of Tragedy and Buried Secrets from the Number One Bestselling Author
The House at Riverton :A Mystery-Filled Story of Tragedy and Buried Secrets from the Number One Bestselling Author
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13 April, 2023
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Discover Kate Morton's multi-million copy bestselling debut novel, The House at Riverton, a mesmerising story of tragedy and buried secrets, with this new edition.
Winner of the Richard and Judy Book Club Best Read of the Year
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, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid at 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 . . .
Readers love The House at Riverton by Kate Morton . . .
'I couldn't put it down'
'I felt fully immersed in the time and period'
'Kate Morton writes beautifully . . . a thought provoking story that will stay with you long after'
Prizes
Short-listed for National Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year 2008 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781529092158 |
| ISBN10 | 1529092159 |
| Number Of Pages | 624 |
| Item Weight | 426 g |
| Product Dimensions | 131 x 199 x 39 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Pan Macmillan |
| Format | paperback |
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Author's Bio
Kate Morton grew up in the mountains of south-east Queensland and now lives with her family in Australia. She has degrees in dramatic art and English literature, specializing in nineteenth-century tragedy and contemporary gothic novels. Kate has sold over ten million copies of her novels in thirty-two languages, across thirty-nine countries. The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, The Distant Hours, The Secret Keeper and The Lake House have all been number one bestsellers around the world.