| Description |
339 pages ; 24 cm |
| 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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FICTION -- Historical.
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FICTION -- Sagas.
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FICTION -- Literary.
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Newport (R.I.) -- Fiction.
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Love -- Ficiton.
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Families -- Fiction.
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Wealth -- Fiction.
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Survival -- Fiction.
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FICTION / Historical.
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FICTION / Sagas.
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FICTION / Literary.
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FICTION / Historical / General.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780735221925 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0735221928 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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