John Huffam auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit über seine Herkunft. Eine spannende Abenteuergeschichte und gleichzeitig eine genaue Schilderung der Lebensverhältnisse im London um 1820.
Charles Palliser Bücher
11. Dezember 1947
Charles Palliser ist für seine meisterhafte Nutzung komplexer, oft verschlungener Erzählstrukturen bekannt, die den Leser in ausgefeilte Welten entführen. Sein Stil zeichnet sich durch tiefe Einblicke in die Charakterpsychologie und präzise Sprache aus, die die Atmosphäre vergangener Epochen evoziert. Seine Geschichten siedelt er in sorgfältig konstruierten historischen Kulissen an, wo er Themen wie Identität, Erinnerung und verborgene Wahrheiten erforscht. Pallisers Werke sind eine Einladung zu einer intellektuellen und emotionalen Reise, die die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Fiktion auslotet.
1881 wird in einer englischen Kleinstadt in der Kathedrale die Leiche eines lebendig eingemauerten Mannes gefunden. Eine Lawine verstörender Entdeckungen kommt ins Rollen: gefälschte Manuskripte, alte Blutfehden, Manipulationen - und dann auch noch ein Mord
Definitive, profusely illustrated history traces development of lace from earliest times to late 19th century. Laces of Italy, Greece, England, France, Flanders, Spain, Scotland, Ireland, many other lands. Scholarly, erudite treatment of reticella, point de France, Valenciennes, Chantilly, point d'Espagne, host of other varieties. Landmark of 19th-century scholarship revised and enlarged in 1901. 266 illustrations.
Blending a hypnotic murder mystery with sharp literary parody, this work showcases a masterful narrative that incorporates elements of soap opera and pastiche. The author skillfully engages in literary gamesmanship, drawing comparisons to the styles of Vladimir Nabokov and John Barth, creating a unique reading experience that challenges and entertains.
Rustication
- 336 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year. "A literary Dr. Frankenstein, [Palliser] has stitched together parts of Jane Austen and Edgar Allan Poe. The result is deliciously wicked." —Ron Charles, Washington Post Charles Palliser's work has been hailed as "so compulsively absorbing that reality disappears" (New York Times). Since his extraordinary debut, The Quincunx, his works have sold over one million copies worldwide. With his novel, Rustication, he returns to the town of Thurchester, which he evoked so hauntingly in The Unburied. It is winter 1863, and Richard Shenstone, aged seventeen, has been sent down—"rusticated"—from Cambridge under a cloud of suspicion. Addicted to opium and tormented by sexual desire, he finds temporary refuge in a dilapidated old mansion on the southern English coast inhabited by his newly impoverished mother and his sister, Effie. Soon, graphic and threatening letters begin to circulate among his neighbors, and Richard finds himself the leading suspect in a series of crimes and misdemeanors ranging from vivisection to murder. Atmospheric, lurid, and brilliantly executed, Rustication is sure to spin readers into its "spider's web of intrigue and violence" (Jane Jakeman, The Independent).
From the author of the international bestsellerThe Quincunx When his nation is invaded and occupied by a brutal enemy, a man persuades his wife that they should give temporary shelter to a young girl who is at school with their daughter. He has no idea that the girl belongs to a community against whom the invader intends to commit genocide. Days stretch into weeks and then months while the enemy's pitiless hatred of the girl's community puts all of the family in danger. Nobody outside the family can be trusted with the dangerous secret and the threat from outside creates internal conflicts that put the family's unity at risk.