The Black Death, and The Dancing Mania (English) (as Translator).Mémoires du Géant (French) (as Commentator)īabington, B. Zones of the Spirit: A Book of Thoughts (English) (as Commentator).Manual of Oriental Antiquities (English) (as Author).Legendary Islands of the Atlantic: A Study of Medieval Geography (English) (as Author).Steam, Its Generation and Use (English) (as Author).Pleasing Poetry and Pictures: For the Mind and the Eye (English) (as Publisher).New History of the Life and Adventures of Tom Thumb (English) (as Publisher).The Schoolmistress of Waveland (English) (as Author) University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, Vol. The Scandinavian Element in the United States.Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe (English) (as Illustrator).Puss in Boots, Jr., and the Good Gray Horse (English) (as Illustrator).The Jumble Book: A Jumble of Good Things (English) (as Illustrator).Bird Day How to prepare for it (English) (as Author). ![]() The Soul of Ann Rutledge: Abraham Lincoln's Romance (English) (as Author).The Daughter of a Republican (English) (as Author).The Coming of the King (English) (as Author).Beyond the Marne: Quincy, Huiry, Voisins before and during the battle (English) (as Translator).Rousseau and Romanticism (English) (as Author).Sewerage and Sewage Treatment (English) (as Author).More Jataka Tales (English) (as Author)īabbitt, Harold E.Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes (English) (as Author).Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (English) (as Author).On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (English) (as Author).Selections From the Writings of the Báb (English) (as Author).Nordmanna-Mystik: Bilder Från Nordens Forntid (Swedish) (as Author)Ī Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu'l-Bahá (English) (as Author).See: British Association for the Advancement of Science Bååth, A. Neugesammelte Volkssagen aus dem Lande Baden und den angrenzenden Gegenden (German) (as Editor). ![]() ![]() Her father’s occupation is the least-interesting aspect about her, and an odd choice for the title of this book.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z otherĬhinese Danish Dutch English Esperanto Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Italian Latin Portuguese Spanish Swedish TagalogĪfrikaans Aleut Arabic Arapaho Bodo Breton Bulgarian Caló Catalan Cebuano Czech Estonian Farsi Frisian Friulian Gaelic, Scottish Galician Gamilaraay Greek, Ancient Hebrew Icelandic Iloko Interlingua Inuktitut Irish Japanese Kashubian Khasi Korean Lithuanian Maori Mayan Languages Middle English Nahuatl Napoletano-Calabrese Navajo North American Indian Norwegian Occitan Ojibwa Old English Polish Romanian Russian Sanskrit Serbian Slovenian Tagabawa Telugu Tibetan Welsh YiddishĪudio Book, computer-generated Audio Book, human-read Compilations Data Music, recorded Music, Sheet Other recordings Pictures, moving Pictures, still I wished that the author had omitted some stories to allow more focus on others, but it is possible that other readers, particularly fans of Morton’s other novels revolving around country houses, will prefer the more extensive approach.Ī minor quibble, but the “clockmaker’s daughter” of the title is the pickpocket and artist’s model “Lily Millington”. Towards the end of the novel the pace picks up for the enthralling reveal of the titular clockmaker’s daughter’s fate, but this is an exception to the more moderate tempo of the rest of the novel. ![]() This book is best read as a gentle saga, flowing in and out of various lives. It is hard to get emotionally connected to any of the characters, especially the present-day heroine, Elodie. The large number of stories makes the book a little fragmented. The blurb describes the novel as “a story of art, love and loss”. The most interesting story revolves around one summer in the life of the Victorian painter Edward Radcliffe, resulting in the tragic death of his fiancée. In the present day there is a young woman who is about to get married, but her story is background to the stories of the past, all relating or leading in some way to Birchwood Manor. Indeed, the solutions to all of the mysteries around secret identities, unknown or missing parents and stolen jewels are fairly predictable. There is a missing diamond, but this is not a crime novel. There is a ghost haunting Birchwood Manor, but this is not a haunted house story as such. It is difficult to categorise the new novel by Kate Morton, author of The House at Riverton and The Distant Hours.
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