A Fugue in Time

A Virago Modern Classic

Rumer Godden author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:7th Feb '13

Should be back in stock very soon

A Fugue in Time cover

* Existing author website at www.rumergodden.com * Review copies mailed to the press * Featured on www.viragobooks.net/ * Virago Book Club selection

Rumer Godden's classic wartime love story is a dramatic tale that inspired the film Enchantment starring David Niven and Teresa Wright.

Ghosts past, present, and future haunt an old London house in this masterful work of fiction from a New York Times bestselling author.

'A genius for storytelling' EVENING STANDARD

'One of our best and most original novelists' PHILIP HENSHER

'Her craftsmanship is always sure . . . pure, delicate, and gently witty' NEW YORK TIMES


Grizel Dane, a bold young servicewoman in the US army, arrives at the London home of her great-uncle Sir Rollo Dane, seeking refuge from the chaos of wartime. Through the old man, Grizel learns the surprising history of the Dane family and Lark Ingoldsby.

Orphaned by a train crash, Lark was taken in by the Danes as an adoptive daughter but soon found herself caught in a web of sibling rivalry, love and attrition. Selina Dane, racked with jealousy, sets out to destroy Lark's dreams of love. When Grizel falls for Pax Masterson, a wounded airman, Rollo urges her to seize her chance for happiness, as he was not able to.

A century of a family's history remains alive and vibrant within these walls, the events that defined their lives unfolding over and over again. But that living history is not ending quite yet, for the war is bringing a stranger from America to Number 99 Wiltshire Place to leave her indelible mark on it.

A different kind of ghost story, Rumer Godden's poignant, stylistically brilliant A Fugue in Time is a story rich in wonder, imagination, and heart - a favourite for the many devoted fans of the bestselling author of Black Narcissus and In This House of Brede. A passionate story of romance and tragedy also inspired the classic film Enchantment starring David Niven and Teresa Wright.

A genius for storytelling * Evening Standard *
One of our best and most original novelists -- Philip Hensher
Her craftsmanship is always sure; her understanding of character is compassionate and profound; her prose is pure, delicate, and gently witty * New York Times *
All [Godden's novels] have one important thing in common: They are beautifully and simply wrought by a woman of depth and sensitivity * Los Angeles Times *
Godden has never been out of print * Irish Times *
A genius for storytelling * Evening Standard *
One of our best and most original novelists. -- Philip Hensher

ISBN: 9781844088577

Dimensions: 198mm x 172mm x 15mm

Weight: 175g

224 pages