A Study in Drowning

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<p><b>THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NO. 1 NYT BESTSELLING NOVEL, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN</b></p><p><b>'A love letter to stories - and to everyone silenced or forgotten in their retelling.'</b> Allison Saft, author of<i> A Far Wilder Magic</i></p><p>Effy has always believed in fairy tales. She's had no choice. Since childhood, she's been haunted by visions of the Fairy King. She's found solace only in the pages of <i>Angharad</i> - a beloved epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, and then destroys him.</p><p>Effy's tattered copy is all that's keeping her afloat through her stifling first term her prestigious architecture college. So when the late author's family announces a contest to design his house, Effy fells certain this is her destiny.</p><p>But Hiraeth Manor is an impossible task: a musty, decrepit estate on the brink of crumbling into a hungry sea. And when Effy arrives, she finds she isn't the only one who's made a temporary home there. Preston Héloury, a stodgy young literature scholar, is studying Myrddin's papers and is determined to prove her favourite author is a fraud.</p><p>As the two rival students investigate the reclusive author's legacy, piecing together clues through his letters, books, and diaries, they discover that the house's foundation isn't the only thing that can't be trusted. There are dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspiring against them - and the truth may bring them both to ruin.</p><p><i>Sunday Times </i>bestseller, September 2023<br><i>New York Times </i>bestseller, November 2023</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781529157048

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 132 x 37 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd