The Secret Countess novel imaginative romp through a multi-verse

imaginative romp through a multi-verse of dreams with a powerful

this book transports readers into a realm where the line between myth and reality blurs

Kit Schluter vaults into the zone of Julio Cortázar

sketched with intention

and fearsome creatures of the deep

The Secret Countess novel imaginative romp through a multi-verseBy the award winning and bestselling author of Journey to the River Sea, a novel that sings with characteristic Ibbotson warmth and wit. Anna, a young countess, has lived in the glittering city of St Petersburg all her life in an ice blue palace overlooking the River Neva. But when revolution tears Russia apart, her now penniless family is forced to flee to England. Armed with an out of date book on housekeeping, Anna determines to become a housemaid