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Author: Leonora Nattrass
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Imprint: Viper
Edition: Main
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.598kg
ISBN: 9781800817012
ISBN 10: 1800817010
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 17 October 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A hugely entertaining page-turner, with wonderful characterisation and an immersive setting all woven around a brilliantly intriguing murder mystery. Leonora Nattrass remains one of my favourite historical fiction authors -- Philippa East, author of LITTLE WHITE LIES Delightful and intriguing. It takes a special skill to turn an abbey into a character in itself. The book crackles with an ingenious spark. Brilliant -- S.W. Perry, author of THE ANGEL'S MARK Jane Austen meets Agatha Christie in this witty historical puzzler with a dash of gothic -- Douglas Skelton, author of AN HONOURABLE THIEF A delightful caper around the tombs of Westminster Abbey, with a curious king, a royal corpse, a murder victim and an endearing parrot. Wonderfully told, and hugely enjoyable -- Guy Morpuss, author of FIVE MINDS PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR 'Filled with memorable characters... first-class entertainment * Sunday Times * Weaves the complex politics of 18th-century Britain into a gripping murder mystery * Times * A joy from start to finish. Jago is a very sympathetic hero... and Philpott made me want to cheer -- Andrew Taylor Fabulous... A delight. Nattrass again and again had me wondering at her skill and marvellous turn of phrase -- S.G. MacLean Artful and authentic historical fiction at its best -- A.J. West
PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR 'Filled with memorable characters... first-class entertainment * Sunday Times * Weaves the complex politics of 18th-century Britain into a gripping murder mystery * Times * A joy from start to finish. Jago is a very sympathetic hero... and Philpott made me want to cheer -- Andrew Taylor Fabulous... A delight. Nattrass again and again had me wondering at her skill and marvellous turn of phrase -- S.G. MacLean Artful and authentic historical fiction at its best -- A.J. West
Author Information
Leonora Nattrass studied eighteenth-century literature and politics, and spent ten years lecturing in English and publishing works on William Cobbett. She lives in Cornwall, in a seventeenth-century house with seventeenth-century draughts, and spins the fleeces of her Ryeland sheep into yarn. Her first novel, Black Drop, was a Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month. Her second, Blue Water, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Her third novel, Scarlet Town, was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award.
