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Published | 11 Jun 2025 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 368 |
ISBN | 9781526647290 |
Imprint | Raven Books |
Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A novel of exceptional vigour and originality
Sunday Times, 'the best historical fiction of 2025 - so far'
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A fierce, feminist retelling of the French Folklore, Bluebeard . . . After years of researching seventeenth-century Bern, Isabelle has created a story that is historically adjacent to the period and place. She has intertwined fact and fiction to bring us this Early Modern historical fiction of mystery and vengeance
Gazette & Herald
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It is inspired distantly by the Bluebeard legend, but 'outcreeps' Angela Carter's retelling of that famous myth. One of the most original books I have read in a long time
Katherine Mezzacappa, Historical Novels Review, Issue 111 (February 2025)
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If you crossed The Miniaturist with Promising Young Woman, you'd get The House of Barbary . . . a blazing feminist roar of a novel set in c17th Bern. Twists abound in this gripping tale: it's a thrilling, visceral follow-up to the very brilliant Lady MacBethad'
Naomi Kelsey
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A raw, visceral tale, Shakespearean in scope, that presents the difficult choices that await a young girl when she discovers the evil she has inherited along with her wealth. Set in seventeenth-century Switzerland, Schuler skilfully weaves a tale of the paradoxes inherent in a supposedly civilised city that maintains a literal bearpit at its centre. If you enjoyed Lady MacBethad, you will be obsessed with Beatrice Barbary
Laura Shepperson
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I loved the dark, tangled web of intrigue and the intelligent, fiery Beatrice. As a fan of fairytales, I adored the echoing of Bluebeard and the historical detail brought the period and setting to life with such vivid beauty. A wonderful novel!
Georgia Leighton