The Shadow Key
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Susan Stokes-Chapman
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On an isolated estate in late-eighteenth-century rural Wales, a young English doctor uncovers dangerous secrets that may threaten his own life in this spellbinding Gothic tale from the bestselling author of Pandora.
Dismissed from his post at a prestigious London hospital, Dr. Henry Talbot has little choice but to accept a mysterious offer of employment as a private physician from an inscrutable lord in rural Wales, Lord Julian. Arriving at Plas Helyg, the isolated estate, Henry can´t speak the language and finds himself treated with hostile suspicion by superstitious villagers, whose beliefs in myths and magic he´s inclined to dismiss. But when he discovers that his predecessor died under peculiar, inexplicable circumstances, his determination to uncover the truth leads him down a path fraught with danger--made all the more perilous by his headstrong, reluctant ally Linette, Lord Julian´s cousin.
Linette has lived a lonely life as Plas Helyg´s unconventional mistress: Julian treats her with disdain, her father is long dead, and her mother, long plagued by strange spells and believed by everyone around her to be deeply unwell, spends most of her time locked away in her rooms. Fiercely self-reliant, Linette refuses to wear women´s clothes, has no interest in marriage, and takes an interest in the welfare of the men working in Lord Julian´s mines, against his wishes.
Linette has always suspected something is not quite right in the village, but it is only through Henry´s dogged investigations that the dark truth about those closest to her will come to light--a truth that will bind hers and Henry´s destinies together forever in ways neither thought possible.
Dismissed from his post at a prestigious London hospital, Dr. Henry Talbot has little choice but to accept a mysterious offer of employment as a private physician from an inscrutable lord in rural Wales, Lord Julian. Arriving at Plas Helyg, the isolated estate, Henry can´t speak the language and finds himself treated with hostile suspicion by superstitious villagers, whose beliefs in myths and magic he´s inclined to dismiss. But when he discovers that his predecessor died under peculiar, inexplicable circumstances, his determination to uncover the truth leads him down a path fraught with danger--made all the more perilous by his headstrong, reluctant ally Linette, Lord Julian´s cousin.
Linette has lived a lonely life as Plas Helyg´s unconventional mistress: Julian treats her with disdain, her father is long dead, and her mother, long plagued by strange spells and believed by everyone around her to be deeply unwell, spends most of her time locked away in her rooms. Fiercely self-reliant, Linette refuses to wear women´s clothes, has no interest in marriage, and takes an interest in the welfare of the men working in Lord Julian´s mines, against his wishes.
Linette has always suspected something is not quite right in the village, but it is only through Henry´s dogged investigations that the dark truth about those closest to her will come to light--a truth that will bind hers and Henry´s destinies together forever in ways neither thought possible.
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Format
Hardcover
Author
Susan Stokes-Chapman
Language
English
Publishing company
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Added date
10.09.2024
Year of publication
10.09.2024
Pages
464
Size
229x152x35 mm
Product code
9780063396227
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9780063396227
ISBN
9780063396227