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Gregory, Philippa, 1954-

Dark tides / Philippa Gregory. - London : Simon & Schuster, 2020 - 480 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm - The Fairmile 2 . - Fairmile series ; [2] .

Map on endpapers. Includes excerpt from Tidelands, the first book in the Fairmile series.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-480).

"Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twenty-one years before. James Avery has everything to offer, including the favour of the newly restored King Charles II, and he believes that the warehouse's poor owner Alinor has the one thing his money cannot buy - his son and heir. The second visitor is a beautiful widow from Venice in deepest mourning. She claims Alinor as her mother-in-law and has come to tell Alinor that her son Rob has drowned in the dark tides of the Venice lagoon.Alinor writes to her brother Ned, newly arrived in faraway New England and trying to make a life between the worlds of the English newcomers and the American Indians as they move toward inevitable war. Alinor tells him that she knows - without doubt - that her son is alive and the widow is an imposter."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 1471172856 9781471172854 1471172864 9781471172861

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC0D3697 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019927955 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1508-1797

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Impostors and imposture--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
London (England)--History--17th century--Fiction.
Venice (Italy)--History --1508-1797 --Fiction.
New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Charles II, 1660-1685--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS

Dewey Class. No.: FIC ordered / GRE