--- product_id: 12643041 title: "A Place of SECRETS: A Novel" brand: "rachel hore" price: "111 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: false reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/12643041-a-place-of-secrets-a-novel store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # A Place of SECRETS: A Novel **Brand:** rachel hore **Price:** 111 zł **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Place of SECRETS: A Novel by rachel hore - **How much does it cost?** 111 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/12643041-a-place-of-secrets-a-novel) ## Best For - rachel hore enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted rachel hore brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![A Place of SECRETS: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71BlZE+FceL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Haunting;hard to put down *by E***D on Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2013* This book will appeal to people who believe in the paranormal. It would bore people who don't. The story gets cluttered with too many characters at the very end, but everyone is tied together neatly and my brief confusion was resolved within a few pages. It is the story of 3 families tied together in the mid-1700s, but the how and why is not discovered until 2008 when one family, formerly wealthy landed gentry, must sell cherished heirlooms to keep the family home after the UK's notoriously crippling death taxes will require selling the entire property if the current head of household, who inherits after his father's death, doesn't make the devastating decision to sell the cherished heirlooms rather than lose the home. Large tracts of land have been sold after the deaths of 2 prior generations. The home is called Starbrough Hall and stars are the background of the story. When the owner contacts a small London auction house to manage the sale, the job of cataloging and managing the auction is given to Jude, whose grandmother's father was the gamekeeper for the estate when she was a child hence she lived in the gamekeeper's cottage as a child and still lives in the area. The cottage and some associated land has since been sold. The other primary claim to fame, one of England's famous follies, has also been sold to pay prior death taxes and it is falling into dangerous disrepair although it is a "listed" property. The current owner doesn't recognize it's historical value and is in process of trying to get permission to turn that parcel into a mini-resort. As Jude catalogs the books and artifacts being given up for auction, she discovers private journals of the owner and his adopted daughter in the mid-1700s. He was an amateur astronomer who trained his adopted daughter, Esther, to follow him. He necessarily must die suddenly and inconveniently before the will leaving the estate to Esther is solidified and the bulk of the book is told through her eyes in a journal she leaves behind, well hidden, but discovered by Jude. The story unfolds between these journals and the nightmarish dreams of Jude's niece, which eerily replicate dreams Jude had at the same age. To tell more of the plot would ruin the thrill of reading each new discovery unfold. In the end, the mysterious identity of Esther, the abandoned toddler adopted by the astronomer, is revealed which brings in a third aristocratic family. It was at this point the story became briefly confusing by the introduction of another family tree, but all the mysteries are ultimately solved, and Jude, whose husband had died a few years earlier, falls in love with the new owner of the gamekeeper's cottage, so all is well that ends well. A book like this has to end "tidy", but getting there has to have enough challenges to get to the goal post to be entertaining. I was thoroughly charmed by this story, was surprised by how well written it is, and hope I can find another paranormal story that is almost believable for my next ebook read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Astronomy, past lives, gypsies, and twists of fate *by M***M on Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2014* Jude is an appraiser for an auction house in England. By chance, she takes a call requesting an appraisal of a collection of books and instruments from a family that belonged to their ancestor, an 18th century astronomer. The estate contains a cottage where her grandmother grew up, so she takes the opportunity to visit her grandmother and her sister and niece while she is there. While there, she spends time with the widow, Chantal who is from France and is quite sad to sell the collection that her husband cherished. But she knows that her son is right and that they must sell to provide for the expenses of the estate. While there, Jude makes some startling discoveries in the journals of Starbrough Hall indicating that a young woman, apparently the adopted daughter of the astronomer, helped her father make some significant discoveries. But where did this young woman come from? Jude also meets the man now living in her grandmother's old cottage and while there initial meeting is a bit rocky, she finds herself attracted to him. However, she is unsure if her sister has feelings for him as well. Another curious twist is that her niece is having nightmares, ones that harken back to dreams from her own childhood and also seem to be showing her niece some insights into the family history she is digging into. Without giving anything away in the story, if you are a fan of the style of Kate Morton, you will enjoy the twists and turns of this story. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful, mysterious. *by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2020* This book started slow for me in the 1st third of it. (Thus the four stat) However, not so slow as to lose interest. As the book progressed I became completely engrossed. Chores around the house had to wait. All the twists, turns and mystery kept me reading instead of sleeping. 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