Shortlisted for the Popular Fiction Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2008.
Winner of Richard & Judy's Summer Reads 2007.
Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 18th July 2007.
Now, if you like one of those old-fashioned, full-rounded, involved family dramas that spans decades then this is definitely for you – and, unlike so many in this area, it has a genuinely unexpected ending. Multi-charactered, all of whom are fascinating, it is both a love story and a mystery, a dual-time tale that fluctuates effortlessly producing a work of considerable appeal.
Similar this month: Judith Lennox.
Comparison: Imogen Parker, Michelle Paver, Ian McEwan.
Discover Kate Morton's multimillion-copy bestselling debut novel, The House at Riverton, a mesmerising story of tragedy and buried secrets, with this new edition.Winner of the Richard and Judy Book Club Best Read of the YearSummer, 1924.On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.Winter, 1999.Grace Bradley, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid at Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken, and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten, but Grace never could . . .Readers love The House at Riverton by Kate Morton . . .'I couldn't put it down''I felt fully immersed in the time and period''Kate Morton writes beautifully . . . a thought provoking story that will stay with you long after'
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Discover Kate Morton's multimillion-copy bestselling debut novel, The House at Riverton, a mesmerising story of tragedy and buried secrets, with this new edition.Winner of the Richard and Judy Book Club Best Read of the YearSummer, 1924.On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again.Winter, 1999.Grace Bradley, ninety-eight, one-time housemaid at Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide.
The House at Riverton features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
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The House at Riverton was written by Kate Morton and published by Pan Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
The House at Riverton has 597 pages
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