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 the Authoress has disappeared without a trace. A terrible secret. On the night of her twenty-first birthday, Nell O’Connor 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 grand-daughter, 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.
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ISBN: 1416550550 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9781416550556 (pbk.)
Physical Description:print552 p. : map ; 24 cm. --
Edition:1st Washington Square Press trade pbk. ed. --
Publisher:New York ; Toronto : Washington Square Press, 2010, c2008.
General Note: "Featuring a WSP readers club guide"--P. [4] of cover.Originally published: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2008.LSC 18.99