The Rising Tide Av Molly Keane

<P><B>BY THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE </B><br><br>INTRODUCED BY POLLY DEVLIN <br><br><B>''Psychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit'' <I>IRISH TIMES</I></B><br><br><B>''She was . . . marvellous'' <I>GUARDIAN </I></B><br><br><B>''A writer of genius'' <I>WALL STREET JOURNAL </I><br></B><br>One glorious gothic mansion - Garonlea - and two rather different ladies who would be Queen . . .<br><br>Lady Charlotte French-McGrath has successfully ruled over her family with a rod of iron until the arrival of Cynthia: beautiful, young, talented, selfish - and engaged to her son Desmond.<br><br>When Cynthia enters the Jazz Age, on the surface her life passes in a whirl of hunting, drinking and romance. But the ghosts of Garonlea are only biding their time: they know the source of their power, a secret handed on from one generation to the next.</P>