{"product_id":"pains-hill-margaret-buntrock-9781739212803","title":"Pains Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis psychological thriller, set in both the eighteenth century and the1990s, is a fictional account of real-life Painshill Park, a romantic landscape garden in Surrey, England, which was a film location for the first season of Bridgerton, the Netflix TV series. The novel explores the extraordinary and ill-fated ambition of the garden's creator, Charles Hamilton, and imagines the mysterious life and death of his young first wife who has vanished without trace from all historical records.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObsession takes many forms. In the eighteenth century, Charles Hamilton, a frustrated artist is determined to create a revolutionary landscape garden even though he has neither the land nor money to achieve his great dream. In the 1990s, Jane Brennan, a young history researcher, becomes obsessed by the mystery surrounding the life and death of Hamilton's young first wife, yet unknown to Jane, her own life is threatened by a different obsession from her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Hamilton transformed poor scrubland into a dazzling three-dimensional work of art, including a man-made lake, islands, follies, a magical crystal grotto and a successful vineyard, but at what personal cost? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo murders, a garden of tricks and fantasy that echo across the centuries, can the young history researcher uncover the truth before she too becomes a victim?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping thriller but also a book that reveals the passions and cultural inspiration that created England's great landscape gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Buntrock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1739212800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781739212803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dollop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.03d","brand":"Margaret Buntrock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076535546111,"sku":"9781739212803","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88da3807-5c8c-4d34-9484-ddcedf850d04.jpg?v=1685465521","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pains-hill-margaret-buntrock-9781739212803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}