The Secret Orchard

""The Secret Orchard"" is a historical novel written by Agnes and Egerton Castle. The story is set in the early 20th century and follows the life of a young girl named Ursula, who is raised in a strict and sheltered environment in England. Ursula's world is turned upside down when she falls in love with a young man named Gervase, who is a member of a secret society. As Ursula becomes more involved with Gervase and his society, she discovers a hidden orchard that holds the key to their secrets. Along the way, Ursula must navigate the dangers of love, betrayal, and secrecy as she uncovers the truth about Gervase and his society. ""The Secret Orchard"" is a thrilling tale of love and adventure that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.1900. Begins: Silver and gold lay the landscape beneath the terrace of the Chateau de Fitzroy, this golden month of September, this golden hour of the afternoon. The fields of La Celle bathed in sunlight, the wooded slopes of St. Michel and Marly already autumn yellow, melted into the delicate hazes of the valley where the Seine shimmered distantly, stream of burnished silver between the dim silver of its banks. In the far background, just substantial against the unsubstantial sky line, poised like the last fantastic touch of a romantic painter, rose the ruined arches of Marly aqueduct-that crowning extravagance of the Roy-Soleil. It completed a picture which in its exquisite unreality, its warmth and glow, its richness, its stillness, seemed like the dream of a Claude Lorraine, expressed by that past-mistress of all art, living Nature herself.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.