The Clockwork Girl - Anna Mazzola

The Clockwork Girl

The captivating and hotly-anticipated mystery you won’t want to miss in 2022!

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Buch | Softcover
368 Seiten
2022
Orion (Verlag)
978-1-3987-0379-7 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
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The Miniaturist meets Fingersmith: darkly delicious historical fiction set in C18th France, where children are disappearing from the streets, clockwork creations can imitate life itself, and three extraordinary women are battling for their freedom...
'Historical fiction with a fantastical twist, done with verve and skill' IAN RANKIN
'An atmospheric and constantly surprising thriller' SUNDAY TIMES
'Kept me guessing until the end. An absolute masterpiece' JENNIFER SAINT
'A deliciously dark historical novel of thrilling originality' ESSIE FOX
'Spellbinding, gripping, immersive and deliciously gothic' ERIN KELLY
'Evocative, chilling, compelling' TAMMY COHEN
'Breathtakingly good' ABIR MUKHERJEE



Paris, 1750.

In the midst of an icy winter, as birds fall frozen from the sky, chambermaid Madeleine Chastel arrives at the home of the city's celebrated clockmaker and his clever, unworldly daughter.

Madeleine is hiding a dark past, and a dangerous purpose: to discover the truth of the clockmaker's experiments and record his every move, in exchange for her own chance of freedom.

For as children quietly vanish from the Parisian streets, rumours are swirling that the clockmaker's intricate mechanical creations, bejewelled birds and silver spiders, are more than they seem.

And soon Madeleine fears that she has stumbled upon an even greater conspiracy. One which might reach to the very heart of Versailles...

A intoxicating story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom.

Anna Mazzola is an award-winning and critically acclaimed novelist. Her debut novel, THE UNSEEING, won an Edgar Award in the US and was nominated for the Historical Writers' Association's Debut Crown in the UK. Her second novel, The Story Keeper, was longlisted for the Highland Book Prize.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 232 mm
Gewicht 460 g
Themenwelt Literatur Historische Romane
Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10 1-3987-0379-6 / 1398703796
ISBN-13 978-1-3987-0379-7 / 9781398703797
Zustand Neuware
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