The Nature of Monsters - Couverture souple

Clark, Clare

 
9780156034081: The Nature of Monsters
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0156034085 ISBN 13 : 9780156034081
Editeur : Mariner Books, 2008

Synopsis

1666: The Great Fire of London sweeps through the streets and a heavily pregnant woman flees the flames. A few months later she gives birth to a child disfigured by a red birthmark.

1718: Sixteen-year-old Eliza Tally sees the gleaming dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral rising above a rebuilt city. She arrives as an apothecary’s maid, a position hastily arranged to shield the father of her unborn child from scandal. But why is the apothecary so eager to welcome her when he already has a maid, a half-wit named Mary? Why is Eliza never allowed to look her veiled master in the face or go into the study where he pursues his experiments? It is only on her visits to the Huguenot bookseller who supplies her master’s scientific tomes that she realizes the nature of his obsession. And she knows she has to act to save not just the child but Mary and herself.

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À propos de l'auteur

CLARE CLARK is the author of four novels, including The Great Stink, which was long-listed for the Orange Prize and named a Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and Savage Lands, also long-listed for the Orange Prize. Her work has been translated into five languages. She lives in London.

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Éditeur
Mariner Books
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0156034085
ISBN 13 
9780156034081
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
HarperCollins Publishers Ireland
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