Building on his "superb" (Washington Post) debut, The Meaning of Night, Michael Cox returns to a murderous nineteenth-century England.
ike its "beguiling" and "intelligent" (New York Times Book Review) predecessor, The Glass of Time is a page-turning period mystery about identity, the nature of secrets, and what happens when past obsessions impose themselves on an unwilling present. In the autumn of 1876, nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives at the great country house of Evenwood to become a lady's maid to the twenty-sixth Baroness Tansor. But Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l'Orme, to uncover the secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal, and to set right a past injustice in which Esperanza's own life is bound up. At Evenwood she meets Lady Tansor's two dashing sons, Perseus and Randolph, and finds herself enmeshed in a complicated web of seduction, intrigue, deceit, betrayal, and murder. Few writers are as gifted at evoking the sensibility of the nineteenth century as Michael Cox, who has made the world of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins his own.
ike its "beguiling" and "intelligent" (New York Times Book Review) predecessor, The Glass of Time is a page-turning period mystery about identity, the nature of secrets, and what happens when past obsessions impose themselves on an unwilling present. In the autumn of 1876, nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives at the great country house of Evenwood to become a lady's maid to the twenty-sixth Baroness Tansor. But Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l'Orme, to uncover the secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal, and to set right a past injustice in which Esperanza's own life is bound up. At Evenwood she meets Lady Tansor's two dashing sons, Perseus and Randolph, and finds herself enmeshed in a complicated web of seduction, intrigue, deceit, betrayal, and murder. Few writers are as gifted at evoking the sensibility of the nineteenth century as Michael Cox, who has made the world of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins his own.
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Hardback Editions
October 2008 : Hardback
| Title: The Glass of Time: A Novel Author(s): Michael Cox ISBN: 0-393-06773-4 / 978-0-393-06773-6 (USA edition) Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2008 : Hardback
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September 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Glass of Time Author(s): MICHAEL COX ISBN: 0-7195-9720-X / 978-0-7195-9720-6 (UK edition) Publisher: John Murray Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
October 2009 : Paperback
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July 2009 : Paperback
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July 2009 : Paperback
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June 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Glass of Time: The Secret Life of Miss Esperanza Gorst Author(s): Michael Cox ISBN: 0-7710-2309-X / 978-0-7710-2309-5 (Canada (English speaking) edition) Publisher: Mcclelland & Stewart Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2008 : Paperback
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September 2008 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
January 2010 : Audio CD
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November 2008 : Audio CD
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November 2008 : Audio CD
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October 2008 : Audio CD
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September 2008 : Audio CD
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October 2009 : Kindle edition
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March 2009 : Unknown
| Title: The Glass of Time [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Fiction) Author(s): Michael Cox ISBN: 1-60812-560-2 / 9781608125609 (USA edition) Publisher: Playaway Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2009 : Unknown
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