Hide and seek, or, The mystery of Mary Grice

A mystery unfolds around a deaf and mute girl named Mary, or Madonna adopted by artist Valentine Blyth, whose true identity and family history are shrouded in secrets, leading to a search for her origins and a revelation of a long-hidden family scandal.

First sentence: AT a quarter to one o'clock, on a wet Sunday afternoon, in November 1837, Samuel Snoxell, page to Mr Zachary Thorpe, of Bare grove Square, London, left the area gate with three umbrellas under his arm, to meet his master and mistress at the church door, on the conclusion of morning service.

Year

1873

Language

English

Publisher

Wildside Press

Editions

140

Pages

432

ISBN

9781592244003

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