The Pleasures of Men - Couverture souple

Williams, Kate

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0241951399 ISBN 13 : 9780241951392

Editeur : Michael Joseph, 2012

Synopsis

Spitalfields, 1840.

Catherine Sorgeiul lives with her Uncle in a rambling house in London's East End. She has few companions and little to occupy the days beyond her own colourful imagination. But then a murderer strikes, ripping open the chests of young girls and stuffing hair into their mouths to resemble a beak, leading the press to christen him The Man of Crows. And as Catherine hungrily devours the news, she finds she can channel the voices of the dead ... and comes to believe she will eventually channel The Man of Crows himself.

But the murders continue to panic the city and Catherine gradually realizes she is snared in a deadly trap, where nothing is as it first appears ... and lurking behind the lies Catherine has been told are secrets more deadly and devastating than anything her imagination can conjure.

With an elegant style and thrilling plot, The Pleasures of Men reveals the dark, beating heart of corrupt London during Queen Victoria's reign.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kate studied her BA at Somerville College, Oxford where she was a College Scholar and received the Violet Vaughan Morgan University Scholarship. She then took her MA at Queen Mary, University of London and her DPhil at Oxford.

Kate's first book was England's Mistress: the Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton and her second, Becoming Queen was about the passionate youth of Queen Victoria and Princess Charlotte. She was also a consultant on the movie Young Victoria which starred Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend. Kate appears regularly on television and radio, fronting Restoration Home on BBC2 with Caroline Quentin and presenting the Royal Wedding coverage for the BBC earlier this year. She has also made appearances on the Today programme, Newsnight, The One Show, Radio 5 Live and BBC1 Breakfast, in addition to presenting a programme about Queen Victoria for BBC2's Timewatch.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Michael Joseph
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241951399
• ISBN 13: 9780241951392
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible