The Journal of Dora Damage

Zusatztext 'A writer of real accomplishment ... Starling had that most important gift for a historical novelist: the ability to wear her research lightly and to integrate every fact into a well-stitched tapestry of plot, symbol and character' Informationen zum Autor Belinda Starling lived in Wivenhoe, Essex with her husband and children and died in August 2006. This is her first book. Klappentext A brilliant historical novel set in Victorian London combining a heady mixture of sex! deceit! money and law! for fans of Sarah Waters. London! 1859. By the time Dora Damage discovers that her husband Peter has arthritis in his hands! it is too late - their book-binding business is in huge debt and the family is on the brink of entering the poorhouse. But Dora proves that she is more than just a housewife and mother. She resolves to rescue her family at any price and finds herself irrevocably entangled in a web of sex! money! deceit and the law. Vorwort A brilliant historical novel set in Victorian London combining a heady mixture of sex, deceit, money and law Zusammenfassung A brilliant historical novel set in Victorian London combining a heady mixture of sex, deceit, money and law

Product details

• Authors: Belinda Starling, Starling Belinda
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.08.2008
• EAN: 9780747593256
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-9325-6
• No. of pages: 452
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Bloomsbury Paperbacks; Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives; London, Greater London, FICTION / Historical / General, Central London, c 1800 to c 1900, Narrative theme: Sense of place, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary