Name: Circus of Wonders
Price: 13.49 GBP
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Author: Elizabeth MacNeal
ISBN: 9781529002539

Type

Physical Book

Author

Elizabeth MacNeal

Publisher

Picador

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

384

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781529002539

Circus of Wonders

Elizabeth MacNeal (Author) · Picador · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Circus of Wonders"

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Beautifully written' - The Times'An absolute triumph' - Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars'A glittering follow-up to The Doll Factory' - Guardian'Entrancing. I couldn’t put it down' - Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton1866. In a coastal village in southern England, Nell picks violets for a living. Set apart by her community because of the birthmarks that speckle her skin, Nell’s world is her beloved brother and devotion to the sea.But when Jasper Jupiter’s Circus of Wonders arrives in the village, Nell is kidnapped. Her father has sold her, promising Jasper Jupiter his very own leopard girl. It is the greatest betrayal of Nell's life, but as her fame grows, and she finds friendship with the other performers and Jasper’s gentle brother Toby, she begins to wonder if joining the show is the best thing that has ever happened to her.In London, newspapers describe Nell as the eighth wonder of the world. Figurines are cast in her image, and crowds rush to watch her soar through the air. But who gets to tell Nell’s story? What happens when her fame threatens to eclipse that of the showman who bought her? And as she falls in love with Toby, can he detach himself from his past and the terrible secret that binds him to his brother? Moving from the pleasure gardens of Victorian London to the battle-scarred plains of the Crimea, Circus of Wonders is an astonishing story about power and ownership, fame and the threat of invisibility.

Elizabeth MacNeal

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Elizabeth Macneal nació en Edimburgo y vive actualmente en Londres, donde trabaja como ceramista. Estudió literatura inglesa en Oxford y trabajó durante varios años en la City, antes de cursar un máster en escritura creativa, que le dio las bases para escribir El taller de muñecas, su primera novela, ganadora del Caledonia Novel Award y vendida a veinticuatro pasíes.

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