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Glass of Time: The Secret Life of Miss Esperanza Gorst
Building on his haunting, superbly written debut, The Meaning of Night, Michael Cox returns to a story of murder, love, and revenge in Victorian England. The Glass of Time is a vividly imagined study of seduction, betrayal, and friendship between two powerful women bound together by the past.
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: Oct 1st, 2009
- Pages: 594
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.50in - 1.50in - 1.45lb
- EAN: 9780393337167
- Categories: • Mystery & Detective - Historical
About the Author
Cox, Michael: - Michael Cox (1948-2009) was the biographer of the ghost-story writer and scholar M. R. James. His first novel, The Meaning of Night, was shortlisted for the 2007 Costa First Novel Award.
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Praise for this book
Michael Cox returns with another epic Victorian-era thriller. . . . [A] gripping tale of psychological unraveling.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
Starred Review. Cox's gripping second gothic thriller (after The Meaning of Night) follows the fortunes of nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst, whose guardian charges her to go undercover as a lady's maid.-- "Publishers Weekly"
Absorbing. . . . Literary pastiche at its very best.-- "Times Literary Supplement"