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Within weeks letters would be burned, pages torn. Promises would be broken and hearts betrayed. But for now the countryside languished, golden and fading ... Cecily Chadwick is idling away the long, hot summer of 1911 when a mysterious countess moves into the large, deserted country house on the edge of her sleepy English village. Rumors abound about the countess's many husbands and lovers, her opulent wealth, and the tragedies that have marked her life. As Cecily gets to know her, she becomes fascinated by the remarkable woman - riveted by her tales of life on the Continent, and of the famous people she once knew. But the countess is clearly troubled by her memories, and by ruinous secrets that haunt her ... Staying with the countess is a successful novelist and dear friend who has been summoned to write the countess's memoirs.
About the Author
Judith Kinghorn is the author of four novels: THE LAST SUMMER, THE MEMORY OF LOST SENSES, THE SNOW GLOBE (USA/Canada) , and THE ECHO OF TWILIGHT. Her internationally bestselling and acclaimed début THE LAST SUMMER was first published in the UK, Canada and British Commonwealth countries in April 2012, in the USA in 2013, and translated to Spanish, German, Italian and French.
As well as being an author, Judith is a book lover and lifelong reader. Her favourite authors include Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, Elizabeth Taylor, Rosamond Lehmann and Anita Brookner.
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