'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.
| ISBN: | 9780340423738 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1993 |
| Author: | Melvyn Bragg |
| Publisher: | Sceptre an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 464 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Historical Fiction |