The House at Riverton
A Novel
Kate Morton
- From
- the
- author
- of
- #1
- international
- bestseller
- The
- Forgotten
- Garden
- and
- New
- York
- Times
- bestseller
- Homecoming
- comes
- a
- gorgeous
- novel
- set
- in
- England
- between
- World
- War
- I
- and
- World
- War
- II.
- Perfect
- for
- fans
- of
- Downton
- Abbey,
- it
- is
- the
- story
- of
- an
- aristocratic
- family,
- a
- house,
- a
- mysterious
- death
- and
- a
- way
- of
- life
- that
- vanished
- forever,
- told
- in
- flashback
- by
- a
- woman
- who
- witnessed
- it
- all
- and
- kept
- a
- secret
- for
- decades.Grace
- Bradley
- went
- to
- work
- at
- Riverton
- House
- as
- a
- servant
- when
- she
- was
- just
- a
- girl,
- before
- the
- First
- World
- War.
- For
- years
- her
- life
- was
- inextricably
- tied
- up
- with
- the
- Hartford
- family,
- most
- particularly
- the
- two
- daughters,
- Hannah
- and
- Emmeline.In
- the
- summer
- of
- 1924,
- at
- a
- glittering
- society
- party
- held
- at
- the
- house,
- a
- young
- poet
- shot
- himself.
- The
- only
- witnesses
- were
- Hannah
- and
- Emmeline
- and
- only
- they—and
- Grace—know
- the
- truth.In
- 1999,
- when
- Grace
- is
- ninety-eight
- years
- old
- and
- living
- out
- her
- last
- days
- in
- a
- nursing
- home,
- she
- is
- visited
- by
- a
- young
- director
- who
- is
- making
- a
- film
- about
- the
- events
- of
- that
- summer.
- She
- takes
- Grace
- back
- to
- Riverton
- House
- and
- reawakens
- her
- memories.
- Told
- in
- flashback,
- this
- is
- the
- story
- of
- Grace's
- youth
- during
- the
- last
- days
- of
- Edwardian
- aristocratic
- privilege
- shattered
- by
- war,
- of
- the
- vibrant
- twenties
- and
- the
- changes
- she
- witnessed
- as
- an
- entire
- way
- of
- life
- vanished
- forever.The
- novel
- is
- full
- of
- secrets—some
- revealed,
- others
- hidden
- forever,
- reminiscent
- of
- the
- romantic
- suspense
- of
- Daphne
- du
- Maurier.
- It
- is
- also
- a
- meditation
- on
- memory,
- the
- devastation
- of
- war
- and
- a
- beautifully
- rendered
- window
- into
- a
- fascinating
- time
- in
- history.Kate
- Morton’s
- first
- novel,
- originally
- published
- to
- critical
- acclaim
- in
- Australia,
- and
- quickly
- becoming
- a
- #1
- bestseller
- in
- England,
- The
- House
- at
- Riverton
- is
- a
- vivid,
- page-turning
- novel
- of
- suspense
- and
- passion,
- with
- characters—and
- an
- ending—readers
- won't
- soon forget.
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