Ravenscliffe

Resource Information

The work Ravenscliffe represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Ravenscliffe

Statement of responsibility

Jane Sanderson

Creator

• Sanderson, Jane

Author

• Sanderson, Jane

Subject

• Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910 -- Fiction
• Historical fiction
• Nineteen hundreds (Decade) -- Fiction
• Nobility -- Fiction
• Brothers -- Fiction
• Small town life -- England -- Fiction
• Yorkshire (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction
• Russians -- Great Britain -- Fiction
• Dwellings -- England -- Fiction

Genre

• Historical fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

1904. On Netherwood Common, Russian émigré Anna Rabinovich shows her dear friend Eve Williams a gracious Victorian villa--Ravenscliffe--the house Anna wants to live in. Something about the house speaks to Anna, and you should listen to a house, she believes. Ravenscliffe holds the promise of happiness. Across the square, Clarissa and her husband, the Earl of Netherwood, are preparing for King Edward's visit. Clarissa is determined to have everything in top shape at Netherwood Hall and much of it depends on the work going on downstairs as the loyal servants strive to preserve the noble family's dignity and reputation. As Anna restores Ravenscliffe to its full grandeur, she strikes up a relationship with hardworking Amos Sykes--who proposed to Eve just one year ago. But when Eve's long-lost brother Silas turns up in their close-knit mining community, cracks begin to appear in even the strongest friendships. As change comes to the small town and society at large, the residents of Netherwood must find their footing or lose their place altogether

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

823/.92

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR6119.A5677

LC item number

R38 2014

Literary form

novels

Nature of contents

bibliography