Bibliograph

The maze at Windermere, a novel, Gregory Blake Smith

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The maze at Windermere, a novel, Gregory Blake Smith

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The maze at Windermere

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

990141304

Responsibility statement

Gregory Blake Smith

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"A richly layered novel of love, ambition, and duplicity, set against the storied seascape of Newport, Rhode Island A reckless wager between a tennis pro with a fading career and a drunken party guest--the stakes are an antique motorcycle and an heiress's diamond necklace--launches a narrative odyssey that braids together three centuries of aspiration and adversity. A witty and urbane bachelor of the Gilded Age embarks on a high-risk scheme to marry into a fortune; a young writer soon to make his mark turns himself to his craft with harrowing social consequences; an aristocratic British officer during the American Revolution carries on a courtship that leads to murder; and, in Newport's earliest days, a tragically orphaned Quaker girl imagines a way forward for herself and the slave girl she has inherited. In The Maze at Windermere Gregory Blake Smith weaves these intersecting worlds into a brilliant tapestry, charting a voyage across the ages into the maze of the human heart"--, Provided by publisher

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