- Paperback: 464 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; New Ed edition (30 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340828587
- ISBN-13: 978-0340828588
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 698,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Left a young widow by the Great War, Pamela accepts employment as amanuensis to the Jarvises, a charmingly eccentric couple whose elegant Highgate house is a mecca for artists. She is particularly drawn to the work of a young woman, Suzannah Murchie, whose powerful portraits adorn the Jarvises’ walls, and to the subject of one of the portraits, John Ashe.
Ashe is a man of contradictions– handsome, but horribly disfigured; ruthless, but charitable; wealthy, but secretive. When she agrees to work for him, Pamela is only half aware that she is entering into a pact with the devil.
For Ashe has gained wealth and influence by preying on the weaknesses of others, and although Pamela keeps her distance from his activities, she cannot avoid being tainted by them.
Ashe is a man of contradictions– handsome, but horribly disfigured; ruthless, but charitable; wealthy, but secretive. When she agrees to work for him, Pamela is only half aware that she is entering into a pact with the devil.
For Ashe has gained wealth and influence by preying on the weaknesses of others, and although Pamela keeps her distance from his activities, she cannot avoid being tainted by them.
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Strangely restless
24 July 2006
Format:Hardcover
I found this to be a very restless book with no one's feelings ever seeming to be satisfied. Pamela Griffe is left a very young widow after WW1, and after only two weeks as a wife. She trains as a secretary, itself a bold move in those days, and eventually goes to work for a very avant guard couple who run an art gallery. Their houshold always houses guests who visit for lengthy stays at their hosts' expense, but it has become clear that they're happy for people to stay, as their own marriage is an unconventional one which needs constant company. Through them, Pamela meets a wealthy business man, John Ashe, a man who was terribly disfigured in the war, and whose dark, brooding spirit looms over everyone he meets. He employs Pamela on a part time basis to keep the books for his seedy nightclubs and brothels, although that's never quite spelled out. Pamela's one romance since she was widowed, fizzles out and she decides to save her money to provide a shelter for "fallen" women who need a place to live after the birth of their babies. It's not a happy book and, although written well, it left me feeling "irrity" ie. irritable and itchy around the edges.
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