The glass of time : the secret life of Miss Esperanza Gorst : narrated by herself /

Cox, Michael, 1948-

The glass of time : the secret life of Miss Esperanza Gorst : narrated by herself / Michael Cox. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008. - 586 p. ; 25 cm.

Taking a job as a Victorian lady's maid in the household of baroness Tansor, nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst hides the truth about her mission to uncover her mistress's secrets about a past injustice that has affected Esperanza's own life. By the author of The Meaning of Night.

0393067734 9780393067736

2008023909


Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Lady's maids--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.


Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Fiction.


Psychological fiction.
Suspense fiction.

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