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Author: Joan Aiken
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Pan Books
Dimensions:
Width: 13.10cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 19.70cm
Weight: 0.250kg
ISBN: 9781529093520
ISBN 10: 152909352
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 16 May 2024
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
The Smile of the Stranger would have won Miss Heyer's complete approval - a regency Gothic romp stamped with Joan Aiken's splendid wit, pace and sentiment * The Observer * Joan Aiken has such fun when she writes that it’s infectious – gloriously exaggerated characters and plot are spiced by a dry wit which forbids one to take anything seriously at all * Telegraph * Joan Aiken is a storyteller par excellence with an educated awareness of nineteenth-century English fiction * The Guardian * One of those authentic storytellers who can make you gasp * New York Times Book Review * Another top-notch confection from a first-class pastry cook! * Kirkus Reviews * Intrigues, false identities and plots to marry the girl . . . for an evening of delightful adventures and misunderstandings you can't do better * News Sentinel *
The Smile of the Stranger would have won Miss Heyer's complete approval - a regency Gothic romp stamped with Joan Aiken's splendid wit, pace and sentiment. * Observer * Joan Aiken has such fun when she writes that it's infectious - gloriously exaggerated characters and plot are spiced by a dry wit which forbids one to take anything seriously at all * Telegraph * Joan Aiken is a storyteller par excellence with an educated awareness of nineteenth century English fiction * Guardian * One of those authentic storytellers who can make you gasp * New York Times Book Review * Another top-notch confection from a first-class pastry cook! * Kirkus Reviews * Intrigues, false identities and plots to marry the girl...for an evening of delightful adventures and misunderstandings you can't do better * News Sentinel *
Author Information
Author Website: www.joanaiken.com/
Joan Aiken was born in Rye, Sussex in 1924, daughter of the American poet Conrad Aiken, and started writing herself at the age of five. Since the 1960s she wrote full time and published over 100 books. Best known for her children's books such as The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Midnight is a Place, she also wrote extensively for adults and published many contemporary and historical novels, including sequels to novels by Jane Austen. In 1969 she won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Whispering Mountain, followed by an Edgar Allan Poe award for Night Fall in 1972, and was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature in 1999. Joan Aiken died in 2004.
