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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 The Clockmaker's Daughter
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'My real name, no one remembers.
The truth about that summer, no one else knows.

'In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor in rural Oxfordshire. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe's life is in ruins.

'Over one hundred and fifty years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist in London, uncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items: a sepia photograph of an arresting-looking woman in Victorian clothing, and an artist's sketchbook containing the drawing of a twin-gabled house on the bend of a river.

'Why does Birchwood Manor feel so familiar to Elodie? And who is the beautiful woman in the photograph? Will she ever give up her secrets?

'Told by multiple voices across time, The Clockmaker's Daughter is a story of murder, mystery and thievery, of art, love and loss. And flowing through its pages like a river, is the voice of a woman who stands outside time, whose name has been forgotten by history, but who has watched it all unfold: Birdie Bell, the clockmaker's daughter.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: To Didee, for being the sort of mother who took us to live on a mountaintop and for giving me the best piece of writing advice I've ever received. 

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2018 .
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      Extent: 608 p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published September 2018.

      ISBN: 9781742376523 (pbk), 9781760527006 (hbk)
    • London,
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      Mantle ,
      2018 .
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      Extent: 585p.p.
      ISBN: 9781509848218, 1509848215, 9781742376523, 1742376525, 9780230759282, 0230759289
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Washington Square Press ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 485p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes chronology of Birchwood Manor and a reader's guide with topics and questions for discussion.

      ISBN: 9781451649413, 145164941X
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Atria Books ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 January 2018
      ISBN: 9781451649437, 1451649436
    • London,
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      Pan ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 589p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 11 July 2019
      ISBN: 9781529016116, 1529016118
Alternative title: La donna del ritratto
Language: Italian
    • Milan,
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      Italy,
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      Sperling & Kupfer ,
      2018 .
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      Extent: 478p.p.
      ISBN: 9788820066161, 8820066165

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  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.
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