The Forgotten Garden Gothic conventions found in books like Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, most poignantly the dark and gloomy estate. There are also recognizable parallels between this novel and Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Secret Garden". Published in the United States by Atria Books, April 2009, , hardback. Kate Morton drew on personal experiences as she wrote "The Forgotten Garden." Morton's own grandmother, just like Nell, found out on her 21st birthday that she was not the biological daughter of her parents. It was a secret she kept until she confided in her three older daughters as an old woman, and this dark
The Secret Woman (novel) "The French Lieutenant’s Woman." The book's success was likely also bolstered by the success of Hibbert's previous novels such as "Mistress of Mellyn" and "The Shivering Sands". The positive reception of these works eventually gave Hibbert the title of “Queen of Romantic Suspense” and driving the sales of Victoria Holt novels to over 56 million copies worldwide. The Secret Woman (novel) The Secret Woman is a Gothic romance and suspense novel written by English author Eleanor Hibbert under the pseudonym Victoria Holt. It was originally published in 1970 and is considered to be a bestseller. Set in 1887, it chronicles