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THE ESSEX SERPENT
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER AND BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR |
| By: |
Sarah Perry |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1781258015 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781781258019 |
| Publisher: |
PROFILE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
14 July, 2016 |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Translated from: |
English |
| Synopsis: |
STRANGE NEWS OUT OF ESSEXLondon 1893. When Cora Seaborne's husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was not a happy one, and she never suited the role of society wife. Accompanied by her son Francis - a curious, obsessive boy - she leaves town for Essex, where she hopes fresh air and open space will provide the refuge they need. When they take lodgings in Colchester, rumours reach them from further up the estuary that the mythical Essex Serpent, once said to roam the marshes claiming human lives, has returned to the coastal parish of Aldwinter. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist with no patience for religion or superstition, is immediately enthralled, convinced that what the local people think is a magical beast may be a previously undiscovered species. As she sets out on its trail, she is introduced to William Ransome, Aldwinter's vicar. Like Cora, Will is deeply suspicious of the rumours, but he thinks they are founded on moral panic, a flight from real faith. As he tries to calm his parishioners, he and Cora strike up an intense relationship, and although they agree on absolutely nothing, they find themselves inexorably drawn together and torn apart, eventually changing each other's lives in ways entirely unexpected. Told with exquisite grace and intelligence, this novel is most of all a celebration of love, and the many different guises it can take. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Serpent's Tail |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Waterstones Book of the Year 2016 (UK)
Winner of BAMB Reader Awards 2016 (UK)
Short-listed for British Book Design and Production Awards 2016 (UK)
Short-listed for Costa Book Award 2017 (UK)
Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Award 2017 (UK)
Short-listed for RSL Encore Award 2017 (UK)
Long-listed for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017 (UK)
Long-listed for New Angle Prize for Literature 2017 (UK)
Long-listed for Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017 (UK) |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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