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 ...
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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...A captivating and atmospheric story of secrets, family and memory from the international bestselling author Kate Morton.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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Very Good. The haunting second novel from the author of the No.1 bestseller, The House at Riverton Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 456. 8vo. Good copy. 2008. Reprints. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Good. The haunting second novel from the author of the No.1 bestseller, The House at Riverton Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 43. Weight in Grams: 456. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a good copy. 2008. Reprints. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Outline: -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. --> Genre: Literary Fiction Mystery-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Pan The date of this copy is 2008 booksalvation have grade it as Very Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
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The Forgotten Garden is a book that you can't stop reading but you don't want it to end. You get to know the characters and can feel the foggy Cornwall air. You will love this book and its characters. As soon as I finished The forgotten Garden I ordered 3 additional books by Kate Morton. During the pandemic this book carries you across the ocean where you walk with your new friends. Don't miss it.
Donna K P
Dec 6, 2012
love the title
kept you wanting to know what happens next and entertwining the years back and forth so you would know what was going on and at the end it finally all comes together with a surpise ending
Kathleen T
Aug 11, 2011
Simplistic, typical romance story. Can we have a heroine who does not have red hair and green eyes?
Moira M
Mar 25, 2011
A great read! A couple of wet afternoons and it was finished. Thoroughly recommend.
GoluxGirl
Jan 26, 2011
enchanting
At first, the jumping back and forth in time to tell the stories of multiple charachters drove me a little bit crazy. But it didn't take very many chapters to start feeling pulled in by the complexity of the story. The characters were vivid and well-drawn and human. And I liked the brief cameo by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
My only complaint with the story is that I figured out enough by about 2/3 of the way through that I wasn't really surprised by anything at the conclusion. Some of the details of what I thought would occur were different, and some things I wanted to have happen didn't, and certain characters were either more or less menacing than I expected. Despite that, I enjoyed getting there. Kate Morton is a very talented writer, and she made the story enjoyable to the end.
