Mr Peacock's Possessions (eBook)

THE TIMES Book of the Year

Lydia Syson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
336 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
978-1-4714-0370-5 (ISBN)

Infos

An intimate, intense and beautifully realised novel of possession, power and the liberating loss of innocence, this will delight fans of MISTER PIP and THE POISONWOOD BIBLE. Oceania, 1879. For two years the Peacocks, a determined family of settlers, have struggled to make a remote volcanic island their home. At last, a ship appears. The six Pacific Islanders on board have travelled over eight hundred miles in search of new horizons. Hopes are high, until a vulnerable boy vanishes. In their search for the lost child, settlers and newcomers together uncover far more than they were looking for. The island's secrets force young Lizzie Peacock to question her deepest convictions, and slowly this tiny, fragile community begins to fracture . . .'Intelligent, beautifully written' The Times'Historical fiction fans, meet your new favourite author' Stella Magazine'Beautifully written, immaculately researched and powerfully imagined' Lancashire Evening Post

Autor

Lydia Syson is a Royal Literary Fellow for the Courtauld Institute. She lives in south London with her partner and four children. After an early career as a BBC World Service Radio producer, she turned to writing, often drawing on her family history for inspiration. Read more about Lydia and her books at www.lydiasyson.com or on Twitter: @lydiasyson

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.5.2018
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: aj pearce • Auckland • Australasia • Australia • Best book for her 2022 • Best New Zealand Victorian mystery • Captivating historical fiction • Chilling winter read • Christmas Mystery • Colonialism • colonial settlers • Dark winter book • Dear Mrs Bird • Dinah Jefferies • Eleanor Catton • eleanor oliphant • Elizabeth Day • family secrets • Gail Honeyman • Gender • Haunting winter read • Heather Morris • JOANNA Glen • Kate Atkinson • Kate Morton • Kate Mosse • maggie o'farrell • Maori • Maori community • Mary Ann Shaffer • Masculinity • my absolute darling • Naomi Alderman • New Zealand • Nineteenth century • Oceania • Once Upon a River • Pacific • Peacock • Perfect Christmas gift for booklovers 2022 • Perfect Christmas gift for mystery lovers • Perfect Christmas gift for thriller lovers • Perfect winter reading • Power and danger • Race • Rachel Joyce • ruth hogan • Sarah Waters • settler • settler family • Spooky Christmas book • Survival against the odds • The Binding • The Burning Chambers • The Crimson Petal • The Crimson Petal and the White • The Guernsey Literary and potato peel society • the keeper of lost things • The Luminaries • the mermaid and mrs hancock • The Missing Sister • The Power • The Tattooist of Auschwitz • The Thirteenth Tale • the Underground • The Underground Railroad • Tracey Chevalier • transcription • unforgettable • Victorian • When All is Said • Winter whodunit • Winter whodunnit
• ISBN-10: 1-4714-0370-X / 147140370X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4714-0370-5 / 9781471403705