Nights at the Circus

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Beschreibung

<p><b>Is Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan...or all fake?</b><br><br>Courted by the Prince of Wales and painted by Toulouse-Lautrec, she is an <i>aerialiste extraordinaire</i> and star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover the truth behind her identity. Dazzled by his love for her, and desperate for the scoop of a lifetime, Walser has no choice but to join the circus on its magical tour through turn-of-the-nineteenth-century London, St Petersburg and Siberia.<br><br><b>WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH WATERS</b><br><br><b>**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**</b><br><br><b>'A spellbinding achievement' <i>Literary Review</i><br><br>'Raunchy, raucous...a rich, turn of the 19th century world, which reeks of human and animal variety' <i>The Times</i></b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780099388616

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

200 x 128 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

1998

Verlag / Hersteller

Vintage Publishing