The Maze at Windermere: A Novel

Synopsis

A Richly Layered Novel Of Love, Ambition, And Duplicity, Set Against The Storied Seascape Of Newport, Rhode Island A Reckless Wager Between A Tennis Pro With A Fading Career And A Drunken Party Guest--the Stakes Are An Antique Motorcycle And An Heiress's Diamond Necklace--launches A Narrative Odyssey That Braids Together Three Centuries Of Aspiration And Adversity. A Witty And Urbane Bachelor Of The Gilded Age Embarks On A High-risk Scheme To Marry Into A Fortune; A Young Writer Soon To Make His Mark Turns Himself To His Craft With Harrowing Social Consequences; An Aristocratic British Officer During The American Revolution Carries On A Courtship That Leads To Murder; And, In Newport's Earliest Days, A Tragically Orphaned Quaker Girl Imagines A Way Forward For Herself And The Slave Girl She Has Inherited. In The Maze At Windermere Gregory Blake Smith Weaves These Intersecting Worlds Into A Brilliant Tapestry, Charting A Voyage Across The Ages Into The Maze Of The Human Heart-- Gregory Blake Smith.