- By Michael Cox
The Glass of Time by Michael Cox is a time capsule. Going back to the
1870’s, the story is intricately fabricated, taking the reader through
the peaceful setting and the Victorian times and on a ride for
adventure.
At the age of nineteen, sent for a ‘Great
Task’ by her guardian Madame de L’Orme, to get the job of a lady’s maid
at the home of the widow Baroness Tansor in Evenwood, little did
Esperanza Gorst know of her future nor could she have predicted it. As
the ‘Great Task’ unveils she is caught in an adventure that would take
her and the reader into a twist of thrill that forms a fascinating read.
As she gains the confidence of the Lady Tansor, she
also knows the little secrets her Lady wants to be kept secret and the
nightmares her Lady often suffers from. The fact that her Lady still
mourns her dead fiancé Phoebus Daunt, surprises her. The two sons,
Perseus and Randolph court her, while she is working on knowing the
secrets of her Lady. As the twist unfolds, revealing the real reason she
was sent there, she is caught in a web of guilt, for she genuinely
cared for her Lady, but then, the over powering reason that justice had
to be served drove her as she diligently went about understanding her
life and her Lady’s. It is clear from the beginning that she was not a
lady’s maid for she has all the qualities of a Lady and she quickly
raises to the position of being a companion to her lady and then a
friend.
The story might be a little less gripping to
one who has already read the Meaning Of the night, its prequel, but, for
anyone reading this as their first book will find it captivating and
interesting. And readers will thoroughly enjoy this historical write.
