Overview
Melvyn Bragg's highly acclaimed, Sunday Times bestselling historical novel, the story behind one of the 19th century's greatest scandals.
''This is historical fiction with a human face''
Peter Ackroyd, The Times
''A vivid and erudite tour de force''
Penelope Lively, Booker Prize-winning author of Moon Tiger
''A skilled, ornate and convincing examination of a nineteenth-century scandal in Bragg''s own Cumbria''
Thomas Keneally, Booker Prize-winning author of Schindler''s Ark
Set in the Lake District in the early nineteenth century, this is a riveting story of love and deception, and a scandal that shook the entire nation.
- | Author: Melvyn Bragg
- | Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- | Publication Date: Jan 01, 1993
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780340423738
- | ISBN-10: 0340423730
