The steady running of the hour: A Novel
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"In this mesmerizing debut, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth. Just after graduating college, Tristan Campbell receives a letter delivered by special courier to his apartment in San Francisco. It contains the phone number of a Mr. J.F. Prichard of Twyning & Hooper, Solicitors, in London -- and news that could change Tristan's life forever. In 1924, Prichard explains, an English alpinist named Ashley Walsingham died attempting to summit Mt. Everest, leaving his fortune to his former lover, Imogen Soames-Andersson. But the estate was never claimed. Information has recently surfaced suggesting Tristan may be the rightful heir, but unless he can find documented evidence, the fortune will be divided among charitable beneficiaries in less than two months. In a breathless race from London archives to Somme battlefields to the Eastfjords of Iceland, Tristan pieces together the story of a forbidden affair set against the tumult of the First World War and the pioneer British expeditions to Mt. Everest. Following his instincts through a maze of frenzied research, Tristan soon becomes obsessed with the tragic lovers, and he crosses paths with a mysterious French girl named Mireille who suggests there is more to his quest than he realizes. Tristan must prove that he is related to Imogen to inherit Ashley's fortune -- but the more he learns about the couple, the stranger his journey becomes. . . . Part love story, part historical tour de force, Justin Go's novel is utterly compelling, unpredictable, and heartrending"--
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Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Fiction
Family secrets
Family secrets -- Fiction
Fiction
Historical fiction
Inheritance and succession
Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
Literature
Love stories
Mountaineers
Mountaineers -- England -- Fiction
Mount Everest Expedition -- (1924) -- Fiction
Mystery fiction
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
Young men
Young men -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction
Family secrets
Family secrets -- Fiction
Fiction
Historical fiction
Inheritance and succession
Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
Literature
Love stories
Mountaineers
Mountaineers -- England -- Fiction
Mount Everest Expedition -- (1924) -- Fiction
Mystery fiction
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
Young men
Young men -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction
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9781476704586
9781476704609
9781476704593
9781476704609
9781476704593
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Grouping Title | steady running of the hour |
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subject_facet | Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- Fiction Family secrets -- Fiction Historical fiction Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Love stories Mount Everest Expedition -- (1924) -- Fiction Mountaineers -- England -- Fiction Mystery fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction Young men -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_full | The Steady Running of the Hour A Novel The steady running of the hour / Justin Go | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | The steady running of the hour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | A Novel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Family secrets Fiction Historical Fiction Inheritance and succession Literature Mountaineers World War, 1914-1918 Young men |