Burnt Norton
By: by Caroline Sandon
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9781781850671; 9781781850688; 9781781852880
Subjects: Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Fiction
Description: 1731: When his youngest son is killed in a tragic accident, Sir William Keyt, master of Norton House, buries himself in his fortune. He builds a second vast mansion on his grounds, squandering money he does not have on luxury his family does not want. Keyt has long been blind to the desires of others. His eldest son has fallen in love with their young maidservant, Molly Johnson, a ray of light in a household dimmed by tragedy. Keyt wants Molly for himself and, driven mad with lust and jealousy, he will do anything to have her ...
Notes: Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Paperback -1731: When his youngest son is killed in a tragic accident, Sir William Keyt, master of Norton House, buries himself in his fortune. The erection of a second vast mansion on his grounds defies expense and denies mortality; an emblem of the Keyt name for generations to come. Keyt can tolerate no obstacle to his desires; title: including his surviving son's love for a young maidservant. Molly Johnson has captured the heart of the heir to Norton House, dividing the household and the family she serves. Driven mad with lust and jealousy, Keyt sets about to destroy Molly's honour and her spirit, breaking the heart of his son, and ultimately, bringing about the ruin and alienation of his family. Dark and shocking, Burnt Norton portrays the destruction of a grand house, and the disintegration of a dynasty.