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On a mild autumn afternoon in 1882, William Trenchard sits smoking his pipe in the garden of his comfortable family home. When the creak of the garden gate heralds the arrival of an unexpected stranger, he is puzzled but not alarmed. He cannot know the destruction this man will wreak on all he holds most dear...
The stranger announces himself as James Norton, but claims he is in reality Sir James Davenall, the man to whom Trenchard's wife Constance had been engaged, and who had committed suicide eleven years ago. Sir Hugo, James's younger brother, and his mother, Lady Catherine, refuse to recognise Norton and force Trenchard - who fears the loss of his wife's affections - into an uneasy alliance against him. But Trenchard must plumb the depths of his own despair before the dark secrets of the Davenall family can finally, shockingly, be revealed...
Genre: Historical
The stranger announces himself as James Norton, but claims he is in reality Sir James Davenall, the man to whom Trenchard's wife Constance had been engaged, and who had committed suicide eleven years ago. Sir Hugo, James's younger brother, and his mother, Lady Catherine, refuse to recognise Norton and force Trenchard - who fears the loss of his wife's affections - into an uneasy alliance against him. But Trenchard must plumb the depths of his own despair before the dark secrets of the Davenall family can finally, shockingly, be revealed...
Genre: Historical
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Title: Painting the Darkness
Author(s): Robert Goddard
Publisher: Audible Studios
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Title: Painting the Darkness
Author(s): Robert Goddard
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon CA
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Title: Painting the Darkness
Author(s): Robert Goddard
Publisher: Audible Studios
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January 2001 : UK Audio CD
December 2000 : UK Audio Cassette
October 1995 : UK Audio Cassette

Title: Painting the Darkness
Author(s): Robert Goddard
ISBN: 0-00-104906-2 / 978-0-00-104906-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins
Availability: Amazon UK
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October 2015 : USA, Canada Kindle edition
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