{"product_id":"maze-at-windermere-book-gregory-blake-smith-9780735221932","title":"The Maze at Windermere","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best books of 2018 by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, The Seattle Times,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Advocate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Staggeringly brilliant . . . You'll start \u003ci\u003eThe Maze of Windermere\u003c\/i\u003e with bewilderment, but you'll close it in awe.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Pitch perfect.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When a drunken party guest challenges him to a late-night tennis match, Sandy Allison finds himself unexpectedly entangled in the monied world of Newport, Rhode Island. A former touring pro a little down on his luck, Sandy has nothing to stake against the vintage motorcycle his opponent wagers. But then Alice DuPont--the young heiress to a Newport mansion called Windermere--offers up her diamond necklace.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With this reckless wager begins a dazzling narrative odyssey that braids together four centuries of aspiration and adversity in this renowned seaside society capital. A witty and urbane bachelor of the Gilded Age embarks on a high-risk scheme to marry into a fortune; a young Henry James, soon to make his mark on the world, turns himself to his craft with harrowing social consequences; an aristocratic British officer during the American Revolution carries on a courtship that leads to murder; and, in Newport's earliest days, a tragically orphaned Quaker girl imagines a way forward for herself and the slave girl she has inherited.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Gregory Blake Smith weaves these intersecting worlds into a rich, brilliant tapestry. A deftly layered novel of love, ambition, and duplicity, \u003ci\u003eThe Maze at Windermere\u003c\/i\u003e charts a voyage across the ages into the maze of the human heart.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49532227059985,"sku":"GOR013431261","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50065335124241,"sku":"CIN0735221936G","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50731923243281,"sku":"GOR009901732","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50897784766737,"sku":"CIN0735221936VG","price":4.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52864518324497,"sku":"CIN0735221936A","price":4.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0735221936.jpg?v=1751010237","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/maze-at-windermere-book-gregory-blake-smith-9780735221932","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}