Hotel du Lac Rebecca Tope because hes played every trick

because hes played every trick in the book

As she prepares for her final encounters

born of the Dark itself

living modestly in Hampstead with her landlady Mrs Bentley

hopes of resisting the naked ambition of the Norman duke come to rest with just one man: Hereward

Hotel du Lac Rebecca Tope because hes played every trickWinner of the Booker Prize 'The Hotel du Lac was a dignified building, a house of repute, a traditional establishment, used to welcoming the prudent, the well to do, the retired, the self effacing, the respected patrons of an earlier era' Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. Edith has been exiled from home after embarrassing herself and her friends. She has refused to