Tregaron’s Daughter by Madeleine Brent
An interesting romance set in 1910 England.
Recommended age: 14 – 16; 16 – 18; Adult.
Caterina (Cadi) Tregaron was the daughter of a fisherman in Cornwall not long after the turn of the 20th century. Though her father was true Cornish through and through, her mother’s mother was different. During his travels in Italy, Cadi’s grandfather had found Cadi’s grandmother, then a young woman, stuffed in a sack and unconscious, sinking in the waters around Naples. But that doesn’t have much to do with Cadi, or so she thinks. When her father dies suddenly and she is left an orphan, she is taken into the family of Mr. Morton — a kind, relatively wealthy gentleman whose life she and her father had saved. While living with them, they discover a surprising secret of her grandmother’s past, sending her to visit Venice with her adopted family. But beneath the sunny surface of Venice there lies darkness and deceit, and Cadi is troubled by strange dreams, haunted by Mr. Morton’s mysterious nephew, Lucien Farrel.
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