{"product_id":"pains-hill-9781739212803","title":"Pains Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Margaret Buntrock\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dollop\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dollop\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis psychological thriller, set in both the eighteenth century and the1990s, is a fictional account of real-life Painshill Park, a romantic landscape garden in Surrey, England, which was a film location for the first season of Bridgerton, the Netflix TV series. The novel explores the extraordinary and ill-fated ambition of the garden's creator, Charles Hamilton, and imagines the mysterious life and death of his young first wife who has vanished without trace from all historical records.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObsession takes many forms. In the eighteenth century, Charles Hamilton, a frustrated artist is determined to create a revolutionary landscape garden even though he has neither the land nor money to achieve his great dream. In the 1990s, Jane Brennan, a young history researcher, becomes obsessed by the mystery surrounding the life and death of Hamilton's young first wife, yet unknown to Jane, her own life is threatened by a different obsession from her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Hamilton transformed poor scrubland into a dazzling three-dimensional work of art, including a man-made lake, islands, follies, a magical crystal grotto and a successful vineyard, but at what personal cost? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo murders, a garden of tricks and fantasy that echo across the centuries, can the young history researcher uncover the truth before she too becomes a victim?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping thriller but also a book that reveals the passions and cultural inspiration that created England's great landscape gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dollop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45045194391703,"sku":"9781739212803","price":1292.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781739212803.webp?v=1769216143","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/pains-hill-9781739212803","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}