Martha Peake: A Novel of the Revolution - Brossura

McGrath, Patrick

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ISBN 10: 0375701311 ISBN 13: 9780375701313

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2002

Riassunto

Fleeing the brutality of her father, poet, smuggler, and drunkard Harry Peake, Martha Peake sets sail for America, where she becomes caught up in the colonies' struggle for independence from Britain, but she soon discovers that she cannot escape the betrayals of the past. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“An uncommon storyteller . . . . McGrath demonstrates his trademark ability to probe the layers of the human psyche.” –San Francisco Chronicle

“Unputdownable.” –The Washington Post

“A sweeping mytho-historical novel par excellence . . . .” –Minneapolis Star Tribune

“[Martha Peake] has rare qualities of power and urgency. . . . [Readers] are carried along by the eloquence and the energy and the brilliantly managed narrative pace.” –The New York Times Book Review

L'autore:

Patrick McGrath was born in London and grew up near Broadmoor Hospital, where for many years his father was medical superintendent. He is the author of Blood and Water and Other Tales, The Grotesque, Spider, and Dr. Haggard's Disease, and he was the co-editor, with Bradford Morrow, of The New York Gothic. He lives in New York City and London, and is married to actress Maria Aitken.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375701311
• ISBN 13: 9780375701313
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384