History of a Pleasure Seeker - E-book - ePub

Name: History of a Pleasure Seeker
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Author: Richard Mason
ISBN: 9780297863069

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'An enthralling, perfectly paced romp that breathes new life into the picaresque genre' Observer'Rich in period detail and with requisite glittering trappings' Daily Mail'A Continental Downton Abbey plus sex, with a dash of Dangerous Liaisons tossed in' Seattle Times1907, Amsterdam. The belle époque is in full swing and Piet Barol has secured a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe's leading hotelier - a child who refuses to leave his family's mansion on one of the city's grandest canals.
As Piet is swept into the glittering society, he begins to uncover its secrets and finds his life transformed. With nothing but his looks, charm and youth to rely on, he is determined to make a fortune of his own. But in the heady exhilaration of this opulent new world, amid romance, delights and temptations he has only dreamed of, Piet discovers that some of the liaisons he has cultivated are dangerous indeed .

Date de parution

11/05/2011
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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978-0-297-86306-9
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9780297863069
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ePub

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Biographie de Richard Mason

Richard Mason was born in South Africa in 1978 to activist parents who settled in England when he was ten. Brought up and educated in Britain he wrote his first novel, THE DROWNING PEOPLE, before going to Oxford. In the intervening years, Richard finished his degree, then set up an educational charity in memory of his sister Kay. The Kay Mason Foundation provides scholarships to disadvantaged South African children, paying for them to attend some of the country's best schools.