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‘Historical fiction with a fantastical twist, done with verve and skill’ IAN RANKIN
‘An atmospheric and constantly surprising thriller’ THE 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
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.
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Paris, 1750. In the midst of winter, as birds fall frozen from the sky, a new maid arrives at the home of a celebrated clockmaker and his clever, unworldly daughter. But rumours are stirring that Reinhart’s uncanny mechanical creations – bejewelled birds, silver spiders – are more than mere automata. That they might defy the laws of nature, perhaps even at the expense of the living. But 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. Meanwhile, in the streets, children are quietly disappearing – and Madeleine comes to fear that she has stumbled upon a greater conspiracy. One which might reach to the heart of Versailles.
Weight | 0.46 kg |
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Dimensions | 23.2 × 15.2 × 3 cm |
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Cover | Paperback |
Pages | 368 |
Language | English |
Edition | Export ed |
Dewey | 823.92 (edition:23) |
Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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