The Clockmaker's Daughter

Resumen del libro

My real name, no one remembers. The truth about that summer, no one else knows. In the depths of a nineteenth-century winter, a little girl is abandoned in the narrow streets of London.

Adopted by a mysterious stranger, she becomes in turn a thief, a friend, a muse, and a lover. Then, in the summer of 1862, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she retreats with a group of artists to a beautiful house on a quiet bend of the Upper Thames . .

. Tensions simmer and one hot afternoon a gun-shot rings out. A woman is killed, another disappears, and the truth of what happened slips through the cracks of time.

Over the next century and beyond, Birchwood Manor welcomes many newcomers but guards its secret closely - until another young woman is drawn to visit the house because of a family secret of her own . . .

As the mystery of The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton begins to unravel, we discover the stories of those who have passed through Birchwood Manor since that fateful day in 1862. Intricately layered and richly atmospheric, it shows that, sometimes, the only way forward is through the past.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Kate Mortonx{0026}lt;/B creció en las montañas del noreste de Australia, en Queensland, y en la actualidad reparte su tiempo entre Londres y su granja australiana. Es licenciada en arte dramático y literatura inglesa y albergó el sueño de unirse a la Royal Shakespeare Company hasta que se dio cuenta de que, en realidad, más que actuar, lo que la entusiasmaba era el lenguaje. Aún así, Kate sigue sintiendo una punzada de nostalgia cada vez que va al teatro y las luces comienzan a atenuarse.x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P Ha vendido más de 11.000.000 de ejemplares y ha sido traducida a 34 idiomas y publicada en 42 países. x{0026}lt;I La casa de Rivertonx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El jardín olvidadox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Las horas distantesx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El cumpleaños secretox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I El último adiósx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I La hija del relojerox{0026}lt;/I se han convertido en número uno de ventas en todo el mundo.x{0026}lt;/P