Lush, atmospheric and transporting, The Last Heir to Blackwood Library is a skillful reflection on memory and female agency, and a love letter to books from a writer at the height of her power. And as events grow more sinister, it will be up to Ivy to uncover the library's mysteries in order to reclaim her own story-before it vanishes forever. Rumors swirl in the village about the abbey's previous owners, about ghosts and curses, and an enigmatic manuscript at the center of it all. And she senses something else in the library too, a presence that seems to have a will of its own. Despite cryptic warnings from the staff, Ivy feels irresistibly drawn to its dusty shelves, where familiar works mingle with strange, esoteric texts. But there is a treasure waiting behind locked doors: a magnificent library. Lush, atmospheric and transporting, The Last Heir to Blackwood Library is a skillful reflection on memory and female agency, and a love letter to books from a writer at the height of her power. The abbey is foreboding, the servants reserved and suspicious. With nothing to keep her in London since losing her brother in the Great War, she warily makes her way to her new home. Ivy has never heard of Blackwood Abbey, or of the ancient bloodline from which she's descended.
With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth, owner of a sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. In post – World War I England, a young woman inherits a mysterious library and must untangle its powerful secrets. Hester Fox ISBN/UID: 9781525804786 Format: Paperback Language: English Publisher: Graydon House Books Publication date. "Weaves a spell of darkness that's mysterious and magical, and binds it with a knot of deathless love." - New York Times bestselling author Susanna Kearsley on A Lullaby for Witches
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