The Rising Tide Molly Keane Virago Press Ltd

BY THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE INTRODUCED BY POLLY DEVLIN \'Psychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit\' IRISH TIMES \'She was . . . marvellous\' GUARDIAN \'A writer of genius\' WALL STREET JOURNAL One glorious gothic mansion - Garonlea - and two rather different ladies who would be Queen . . .Lady Charlotte French-McGrath has successfully ruled over her family with a rod of iron until the arrival of Cynthia: beautiful, young, talented, selfish - and engaged to her son Desmond.When Cynthia enters the Jazz Age, on the surface her life passes in a whirl of hunting, drinking and romance. But the ghosts of Garonlea are only biding their time: they know the source of their power, a secret handed on from one generation to the next. Σελίδες: 336, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm