The Pleasures of Men

Author:   Kate Williams
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:  

9780241954546


Pages:   416
Publication Date:   05 July 2012
Format:   Paperback
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The Pleasures of Men


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A thrilling Gothic novel for fans of Sarah Waters Spitalfields, 1840. Catherine Sorgeiul lives with her Uncle in a rambling house in London's East End. When a murderer strikes, ripping open the chests of young girls and stuffing hair into their mouths to resemble a beak, Catherine is both horrified and fascinated. As the murders continue to panic the city, however, she gradually realizes she is snared in a deadly trap, where nothing is as it first appears -- for lurking behind the lies Catherine has been told are secrets more deadly and devastating than anything her imagination can conjure.

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Author:   Kate Williams
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.288kg
ISBN:  

9780241954546


ISBN 10:   0241954541
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   05 July 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Pitch-perfect ... This intoxicating and disturbing novel is properly thrilling and extraordinarily well-written Independent on Sunday A dark story of murder and obsession Elle An eerie murder mystery set in the corrupt heart of Victorian London Marie Claire Good Book Club pick Part-bodice-ripper, part-slasher, the book's elaborate plot moves along at a brisk clip with a nod to the likes of Sarah Waters and Peter Ackroyd Daily Mail A sure-footed evocation of seamy Victorian London The Sunday Telegraph A sinister picture of a country, and protagonist, on the brink of hysteria Psychologies As crowded with sensation as a Victorian parlour with furniture The Scotsman A spider's web of a plot and a spine-tingling atmosphere of menace and suspense The Times Mesmerising, elegant and compelling The Lady


Pitch-perfect . . . This intoxicating and disturbing novel is properly thrilling and extraordinarily well-written * Independent on Sunday * A dark story of murder and obsession * Elle * An eerie murder mystery set in the corrupt heart of Victorian London * Marie Claire Good Book Club pick * Part-bodice-ripper, part-slasher, the book's elaborate plot moves along at a brisk clip with a nod to the likes of Sarah Waters and Peter Ackroyd * Daily Mail * A sure-footed evocation of seamy Victorian London * The Sunday Telegraph * A sinister picture of a country, and protagonist, on the brink of hysteria * Psychologies * As crowded with sensation as a Victorian parlour with furniture * The Scotsman * A spider's web of a plot and a spine-tingling atmosphere of menace and suspense * The Times * Mesmerising, elegant and compelling * The Lady *


Author Information

Kate studied at Oxford and London and is the author of two non-fiction books- England's Mistress- the Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton and Becoming Queen. She lives in London. The Pleasures of Men is her first novel.

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