The Floating Theatre (eBook)

This captivating tale of courage and redemption will sweep you away

Martha Conway (Autor)

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2017
320 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
9781785762857 (ISBN)

Infos

'Completely charming' Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock'An engaging story with lovely detail' Daily MailOhio, 1838. To save the lives of others, a young seamstress must risk her own. When young seamstress May Bedloe is left alone and penniless on the shore of the Ohio, she finds work on the famous floating theatre that plies its trade along the river. Her creativity and needlework skills quickly become invaluable and she settles in to life among the colourful troupe of actors. She finds friends, and possibly the promise of more ...But cruising the border between the Confederate South and the 'free' North is fraught with danger. For the sake of a debt that must be repaid, May is compelled to transport secret passengers, under cover of darkness, across the river and on, along the underground railroad. But as May's secrets become harder to keep, she learns she must endanger those now dear to her. And to save the lives of others, she must risk her own . . .A gloriously involving and powerful read for fans of The Essex Serpent and Tracy Chevalier's The Last Runaway.

Autor

Martha Conway has been nominated for an Edgar Award and won the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction. She teaches creative writing for Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she is one of seven sisters. She now lives in San Francisco with her family.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.6.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: At the Edge of the Orchard • beekeeper • beneath a scarlet sky • Beth Underdown • Clothes • confederate south • Dangerous Crossing • dress-making • eleanor oliphant • Emancipation • esi edugyan • Helen Bryan • imogen hermes gowar • Kate Atkinson • mark sullivan • mermaid and mrs hancock • Natasha Pulley • Ohio • Philippa Gregory • Prejudice • Rachel Rhys • Santa Montefiore • sara collins • sarah perry • Sarah Waters • sewing • Slavery • slave trade • theatre novels • The Binding • the confessions of frannie langton • the essex serpent • the last runaway • The Sisterhood • The Underground Railroad • The Witch Finder's Sister • Tracy Chevalier • washington black • watchmaker of filigree street • Wideacre
• ISBN-13: 9781785762857 / 9781785762857