I have read other Susan Hill books and enjoyed them. I started this but could not get into it so it was thrown to the wall.

Back Cover Blurb:
Celibate, irreproachable and distinguished, Thomas Cavendish is in his mid-fifties and the obvious man to become Master of his college. But, walking by the river, Thomas sees a young girl standing on the bridge. It is an apocalyptic vision, one that alters Thomas's life irrevocably and tragically, but with the beauty and joy of a love never previously imagined. ( )

Susan Hill doing what she does best, weaving a complicated tapestry of human emotions. Set mainly in Cambridge and the beautifully evoked Fens it's hard to decide which time period this is set in but the characters are as fully defined as ever. ( )