Book description
1876. Nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives at the great
country house of Evenwood to be interviewed for the position of
lady's-maid. But Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent
by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l'Orme, to uncover the dark
and dangerous secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal, and
to set right a past injustice in which Esperanzas own closest
interests are bound up. Gradually those secrets are revealed, and with
them the truth of who Esperanza really is, enmeshing her in a
complicated web of intrigue, deceit, and murder that culminates in
betrayal by those she trusted most. A sequel to the widely praised
The Meaning of Night, The Glass of Time is a
page-turning period mystery and a gripping novel about identity,
obsession and secrets.
'This is a period mystery told with great skill, notable for its
marvellous sense of the past and vividly drawn characters'
Michael Cox was born in 1948. After graduating from Cambridge, he was
a singer-songwriter before joining Oxford University Press. His first
novel, The Meaning of Night, published in 2006 to wide critical acclaim,
was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and nominated for
Waterstones Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards. Michael Cox
died in March 2009. Michael Cox was born in 1948. After graduating from
Cambridge, he was a singer-songwriter before joining Oxford University
Press. His first novel,
The Meaning of Night
, published in 2006 to wide critical acclaim, was shortlisted for the
Costa First Novel Award and nominated for Waterstones Newcomer of the
Year at the British Book Awards. Michael Cox died in March 2009.
