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INTRODUCED BY POLLY DEVLIN
‘Psychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit’ IRISH TIMES
‘She was . . . marvellous’ GUARDIAN
‘A writer of genius’ WALL STREET JOURNAL
One glorious gothic mansion – Garonlea – and two rather different ladies who would be Queen . . .
Lady Charlotte French-McGrath has successfully ruled over her family with a rod of iron until the arrival of Cynthia: beautiful, young, talented, selfish – and engaged to her son Desmond.
When Cynthia enters the Jazz Age, on the surface her life passes in a whirl of hunting, drinking and romance. But the ghosts of Garonlea are only biding their time: they know the source of their power, a secret handed on from one generation to the next.
INTRODUCED BY POLLY DEVLIN
‘Psychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit’ IRISH TIMES
‘She was . . . marvellous’ GUARDIAN
‘A writer of genius’ WALL STREET JOURNAL
One glorious gothic mansion – Garonlea – and two rather different ladies who would be Queen . . .
Lady Charlotte French-McGrath has successfully ruled over her family with a rod of iron until the arrival of Cynthia: beautiful, young, talented, selfish – and engaged to her son Desmond.
When Cynthia enters the Jazz Age, on the surface her life passes in a whirl of hunting, drinking and romance. But the ghosts of Garonlea are only biding their time: they know the source of their power, a secret handed on from one generation to the next.
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Reviews
I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved
Psychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit
The characterisation of women is first class
Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection . . . its human relationships tortured like bonsai by good form, its open-hearted, sensual passion for horses, dogs and landscape
The characterisation of women is first class
A writer of genius
She is akin to Jane Austen in her feeling for the minute of human behaviour
She was . . . marvellous
Psychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit
Molly Keane ... is robust about sinful human nature and the intrigues of the heart...
