Without a Summer
core novel 2013 Glamourist Histories
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.94 (3,820 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765334152 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Without a Summer, published by Mary Robinette Kowal in 2013, continues the Glamourist Histories, set during the historical Year Without a Summer. Jane and Vincent return to Jane's family home at Long Parkmeade, where unseasonably cold weather has damaged the harvest and left her father anxious about the effect on younger sister Melody's marriage prospects. A glamour commission takes the family to London, where Melody hopes the social season will improve her romantic fortunes, but the city is consumed instead by anxiety over failing crops and unrest among unemployed laborers, with riots already breaking out in northern England. Beyond their hopes of matchmaking for Melody, Jane and Vincent find themselves drawn into a crisis of far greater, and more dangerous, consequence than either had anticipated when they left home.
Where it sits
- Universe: Glamourist Histories
- Series: Glamourist Histories core; position 3 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mary Robinette Kowal
Notes
- From the series record (Glamourist Histories): Core Canon = all five novels; complete sequence, no companion material.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Glamourist Histories: position 3 of 5: previous Glamour in Glass (2012) · next Valour and Vanity (2014)
Sources
- Wikipedia
- reader rating platform
- https://maryrobinettekowal.com/writing/without-a-summer/
- Publishers Weekly (author page)
- Wikipedia (Mary Robinette Kowal bibliography)
← Glamourist Histories dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.