The Mould of Time - Couverture souple

Horspool, Robin Dermond

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849630356 ISBN 13 : 9781849630351

Editeur : Austin Macauley Publishers, 2011

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Following the surprise discovery, in 1852, of a finely modelled waxen head in a subterranean vault, 11-year-old Louis Xavier's curiosity is aroused. Then, as a young man embarking on a writing career, his contact with, and adoration of a wealthy widow opens up the possibilities of pursing its mysterious origins... but origins of whom? Concurrent with his fortuitous meeting with Charles Dickens, Louis is commissioned to unravel what becomes a compelling tale of love, passion, heartbreak, conspiracy, deception and revenge - even murder. It centres on the early eccentric life of Miss Havisham, before we meet her as the time-stopped, jilted bride in Dicken's Great Expectations. Based on the original ending of Dicken's novel, The Mould of Time may be an engrossing chronicle set between the 1780s and 1880s, but is also a human drama featuring elements that span time. Robin Dermond Horspool has moulded a powerful novel of suspense and intrigue which, along with a tantalising Editor's Note and absorbing prologue and postscript, will instantly engage the reader's imagination. It is a story likely to linger in the mind beyond the last page.

Biographie de l'auteur

Robin Dermond Horspool, F.R.S.A comes from a literary and artistic Yorkshire family - his father, Maurice Horspool, businessman, dramatist and broadcaster; his grandfather Robert Horspool, artist, writer and poet. Robin has lived and worked in Yorkshire, London, Sussex and France. As a practising artist, writer and lecturer, his previous publications, illustrated by him, include 'The House of Powolny' - 'Life and death of a hull restaurant; boyle a quart of cream' 18th century country house life through food, and advenues of pleasure - a nostalgic account of his formative years and their enviornment. Like Siegfried Sassoon, he is happy in his craving to revisit the past and give the modern world a slip. Robin and his artist wife Rose live in a converted chapel in a Yorkshire Wolds village where they run their own arts business.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849630356
• ISBN 13: 9781849630351
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 379
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible