Книга: Kate Morton «The Forgotten Garden»
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From the internationally bestselling author of The House at Riverton, an unforgettable new novel that transports the reader from the back alleys of poverty of pre-World War I London to the shores of colonial Australia where so many made a fresh start, and back to the windswept coast of Cornwall, England, past and presentA tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. She arrives completely alone with nothing but a small suitcase containing a few clothes and a single book -- a beautiful volume of fairy tales. She is taken in by the dockmaster and his wife and raised as their own. On her twenty-first birthday they tell her the truth, and with her sense of self shattered and with very little to go on, "Nell" sets out on a journey to England to try to trace her story, to fi nd her real identity. Her quest leads her to Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast and the secrets of the doomed Mountrachet family. But it is not until her granddaughter, Cassandra, takes up the... Издательство: "Pan Books" (2008) Формат: 130x195, 648 стр.
ISBN: 978-0-330-44960-1 Купить за 729 руб на Озоне |
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Kate Morton
Infobox Writer
name = Kate Morton
birthdate = 1976
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awards = "General Fiction Book of the Year" at Australian Book Industry Awards 2007
"Kate Morton" (born 1976) is an acclaimed Australian author, who has enjoyed considerable domestic and international success with her recent novels, "The Forgotten Garden" and "
Early life and education
Morton is one of three sisters born in Queensland, Australia. The family later settled on
References
External links
* [http://www.katemorton.com/default.asp Official website]
Источник: Kate Morton
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