ISBN: 9781489299574 - the cartographer's secret (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 384 pages. Sticker on front cover, Text lightly tanned A young woman's quest to heal a family rift entangles her in one of Australia 's greatest historical puzzles when an intricately illustrated map offers a clue to the fate of a long-lost girl. A mesmerising historical mystery set in the Hu nter Valley from bestselling author Tea Cooper for readers of Natasha Lester and Kate Morton. 1880 The Hunter Valley Evie Ludgrove loves to map the landscape around her home - hardly surprising since she grew up in the shadow of her fathe r's obsession with the great Australian explorer Dr Ludwig Leichhardt. So when a n advertisement appears in The Bulletin magazine offering a one thousand pound r eward for proof of where Leichhardt met his fate, Evie is determined to figure i t out - after all, there are clues in her father's papers and in the archives of The Royal Geographical Society. But when Evie sets out to prove her theory she vanishes without a trace, leaving behind a mystery that taints everyone's lives for 30 years. 1911 When Letitia Rawlings arrives at the family estate in her M odel T Ford, her purpose is to inform her Great Aunt Olivia of a bereavement. Bu t Letitia is also escaping her own problems - her brother's sudden death, her mo ther's scheming and her own dissatisfaction with the life planned out for her. S o when Letitia discovers a beautifully illustrated map that might hold a clue to the fate of her missing aunt, Evie Ludgrove, her curiosity is aroused and she s ets out to discover the truth of Evie's disappearance. But all is not as it see ms at Yellow Rock estate and as events unfold, Letitia begins to realise that so lving the mystery of her family's past could offer as much peril as redemption.…