The maze at Windermere
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The maze at Windermere
（Penguin books, . Fiction）
Penguin, 2019, c2018
- : pbk
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The maze at Windermere : a novel
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Named one of the best books of 2018 by The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, and The Advocate
"Staggeringly brilliant . . . You'll start The Maze of Windermere with bewilderment, but you'll close it in awe." -The Washington Post
"Pitch perfect." -New York Times Book Review
When a drunken party guest challenges him to a late-night tennis match, Sandy Allison finds himself unexpectedly entangled in the monied world of Newport, Rhode Island. A former touring pro a little down on his luck, Sandy has nothing to stake against the vintage motorcycle his opponent wagers. But then Alice DuPont-the young heiress to a Newport mansion called Windermere-offers up her diamond necklace.
With this reckless wager begins a dazzling narrative odyssey that braids together four centuries of aspiration and adversity in this renowned seaside society capital. A witty and urbane bachelor of the Gilded Age embarks on a high-risk scheme to marry into a fortune; a young Henry James, soon to make his mark on the world, 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.
Gregory Blake Smith weaves these intersecting worlds into a rich, brilliant tapestry. A deftly layered novel of love, ambition, and duplicity, The Maze at Windermere charts a voyage across the ages into the maze of the human heart.
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