by Lauren Belfer · Sceptre · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340748428
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«City of Light» is the historical novel by Lauren Belfer, published by Sceptre in paperback (448 pages, in English).
Set in Buffalo in 1901, it tells the story of Louisa Barrett, headmistress of a girls' school who tries to reconcile her public life with a secret that threatens her position in a patriarchal society. Her relationship with Tom Sinclair, a businessman involved in the Niagara Falls hydroelectric project, draws her into the conflict between industrialists and conservationists, marked by two deaths that trigger a historical intrigue.
This is Lauren Belfer's first novel; this paperback edition was published by Sceptre in January 2000.
Suitable for readers of historical fiction, literary thriller and mystery, with an interest in American society at the beginning of the 20th century.
