Emma Carroll

Strange Star (eBook, ePUB)

'The Queen of Historical Fiction at her finest.' Guardian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

They were coming tonight to tell ghost stories. 'A tale to freeze the blood,' was the only rule.

Switzerland, 1816. On a stormy summer night, Lord Byron and his guests are gathered round the fire. Felix, their serving boy, can't wait to hear their creepy tales. Yet real life is about to take a chilling turn- more chilling than any tale. Frantic pounding at the front door reveals a stranger, a girl covered in the most unusual scars. She claims to be looking for her sister, supposedly snatched from England by a woman called Mary Shelley. Someone else has followed her here too, she says. And the girl is terrified...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 9 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571317660
• Artikelnr.: 44907288

Autorenporträt

Emma Carroll was a secondary school English teacher. Strange Star is Emma's fifth novel, she has also written Frost Hollow Hall, The Girl Who Walked on Air, In Darkling Wood and The Snow Sister. She lives in the Somerset hills with her husband and two terriers.

Rezensionen

''a deliciously gothic thriller....Carroll's story is skillfully weaved, atmospheric, cinematic and best read late at night in one sitting. I think it's her best yet.' Fiona Noble The Bookseller