'Vividly imagined' Sunday Telegraph 'Sex and death meet again in [a] marvellous evocation of Edwardian England' Daily Mail
Ein altmodischer Engel aus Stein und eine extravagante Urne. Die Verkettung tragischer Ereignisse und eine junge Frau, die gegen die Zwänge der viktorianischen Zeit rebelliert. Wie schon in ihrem internationalen Erfolgsroman "Das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrring" zeichnet Tracy Chevalier das atmosphärische Bild einer vergangenen Epoche und verleiht ihren Figuren eine sinnliche Lebendigkeit.
'Vividly imagined' Sunday Telegraph
'Sex and death meet again in [a] marvellous evocation of Edwardian England' Daily Mail
The girl reminded me of my favourite chocolates, whipped hazelnut creams, and I knew just from looking at her that I wanted her for my best friend.
Queen Victoria is dead. In January 1901, the day after her passing, two very different families visit neighbouring graves in a London cemetery. The traditional Waterhouses revere the late Queen where the Colemans have a more modern outlook, but both families are appalled by the friendship that springs up between their respective daughters.
As the girls grow up, their world changes almost beyond measure: cars are replacing horses, electric lighting is taking over from gas, and emancipation is fast approaching, to the delight of some and the dismay of others...
'Sex and death meet again in Tracy Chevalier's marvellous evocation of Edwardian England' Daily Mail
'Cleverly atmospheric' Sunday Telegraph
'The author's grip on the reader is as powerful as in her first novel. It is almost impossible to break off reading this driving narrative' Independent
'A master stylist in the making' Boston Globe
'Writing about the past - especially this much written-about period - has its pitfalls, but Chevalier has triumphantly avoided them. The result is a novel that shows both the strangeness of the world as it was and its closeness to our own time' The Times
Tracy Chevalier is the author of eleven novels, including A Single Thread, Remarkable Creatures and Girl with a Pearl Earring, an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and been made into a film, a play and an opera. Born in Washington DC, she moved to the United Kingdom in 1986. She and her husband divide their time between London and Dorset.
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Tracy Chevalier is the author of six novels, including the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring, Remarkable Creatures, The Virgin Blue, Falling Angels, and The Lady and the Unicorn. Born in Washington, DC, she moved in 1984 to London, where she lives with her husband and son.
www.tchevalier.com.
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'Vividly imagined' Sunday Telegraph
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'Sex and death meet again in [a] marvellous evocation of Edwardian England' Daily Mail
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