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The Fascination
Essie Fox
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Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
The estranged grandson of a wealthy collector of human curiosities becomes fascinated with teenaged twin sisters, leading them into a web of dark obsessions. A dazzlingly dark gothic novel from the bestselling author of The Somnambulist. `Makes skilful use of the tropes of Victorian gothic fiction… a story of society's outsiders seeking acceptance and redemption´ Sunday Times Book of the Month `Mysterious, sometimes shocking, full of surprises and twists … brimming with Victorian wonders!´ Sean Lusk `A magical, macabre masterpiece´ A.J. West `Fascinating and immersive´ Anna Mazzola ___________________ Victorian England. A world of rural fairgrounds and glamorous London theatres. A world of dark secrets and deadly obsessions… Twin sisters Keziah and Tilly Lovell are identical in every way, except that Tilly hasn't grown a single inch since she was five. Coerced into promoting their father's quack elixir as they tour the country fairgrounds, at the age of fifteen the girls are sold to a mysterious Italian known as `Captain´. Theo is an orphan, raised by his grandfather, Lord Seabrook, a man who has a dark interest in anatomical freaks and other curiosities … particularly the human kind. Resenting his grandson for his mother's death in childbirth, when Seabrook remarries and a new heir is produced, Theo is forced to leave home without a penny to his name. Theo finds employment in Dr Summerwell's Museum of Anatomy in London, and here he meets Captain and his theatrical 'family' of performers, freaks and outcasts. But it is Theo's fascination with Tilly and Keziah that will lead all of them into a web of deceits, exposing the darkest secrets and threatening everything they know… Exploring universal themes of love and loss, the power of redemption and what it means to be unique, The Fascination is an evocative, glittering and bewitching gothic novel that brings alive Victorian London – and darkness and deception that lies beneath… _________________ `An opium trance of a novel, a vivid fantasmagoria´ Noel O'Reilly `Deliciously dark, full of twists and surprises´ Liz Hyder `Filled with gothic darkness and glorious hope´ Liz Fenwick `Rich, dark and heady … a glorious gothic carnival´ Kate Griffin `Truly unexpected and original´ Kate Forsyth `Beautifully researched, full of horrors and delights´ Bridget Walsh `A cast of characters Dickens would be proud of´ Frances Quinn `A dizzying potion of a novel´ Polly Crosby `A twisty, gothic´ Rebecca John `Rich in peril, tempered with strange, theatrical beauty´ Kate Mascarenhas `Haunting and emotive´ Gill Paul `A gorgeously gothic slice of Victoriana´ Katherine Clements `Very fine historical fiction´ Emma Carroll `So inventive and surprising´ Juliet West `A sumptuous, gothic treat´ Caroline Green `A wonderful, captivating carnival of a novel´ Elizabeth Fremantle `Wonderfully vivid and touching´ Adele Geras `I loved this story of a group of wonderful others´ Marika Cobbold `Atmospheric, gripping and ultimately uplifting´ Karen Coles `Richly detailed, beautifully written´ Michael J Malone `The very best kind of gothic´ Lianne Dillsworth `Masterful´ Louise Swanson `A kaleidoscopic, twisting, devilish novel´ Dan Bassett, Bookseller
Kundenbewertungen
Rosie Andrews, Andrew Taylor, Historical Thriller, British, S G McLean, Circus of Wonders, Fyneshade, Katie Lumsden, The Winter List, The Company, Johana Gustawsson, House of Whispers, Kate Mosse, Ambrose Parry, Theatre of Marvels, Whispering Muse, Anna Mazzola, The Maiden, Essex Serpent, Victorian, Essie Fox, Black Thorn, Kate Griffin, Sarah Waters, Victorian London, Orenda Books, Hartwood Hall, Diane Setterfield, Jessie Burton, Laura Purcell, Elodie Harper, Kate Foster, The Fascination, Voices of the Dead, Literary fiction, The Square of Sevens, Laura Shephard-Robinson, Weyward, The Revels, Liz Hyder, Catriona Ward, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Stacey Thomas, Bridget Collins, English, Gothic novels, S J Parris