The glass of time
Subtitle: the secret life of Miss Esperanza Gorst, narrated by herself
By: Michael Cox
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9780771023071
Subjects: Guardian and ward; Household employees; Suspense fiction; Historical fiction; Fiction
Description: In the autumn of 1876, nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst becomes a lady's maid to the twenty-sixth Baroness Tansor. But Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l'Orme, to uncover the secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal, and to set right a past injustice in which Esperanza's own life is bound up.
Notes: Sequel to The meaning of night.