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Description
A Times Best Book of 2019.
'Paver is one of Britain's modern greats. This sinister, gothic chiller shows why' BIG ISSUE, Books of the Year 2019. "Something has been let loose..."
In Edwardian Suffolk, a manor house stands alone in a lost corner of the Fens: a glinting wilderness of water whose whispering reeds guard ancient secrets. Maud is a lonely child growing up without a mother, ruled by her repressive father.
When he finds a painted medieval devil in a graveyard, unhallowed forces are awakened.
Maud's battle has begun. She must survive a world haunted by witchcraft, the age-old legends of her beloved fen – and the even more nightmarish demons of her father's past.
Spanning five centuries, Wakenhyrst is a darkly gothic thriller about murderous obsession and one girl's longing to fly free by the bestselling author of Dark Matter and Thin Air. Wakenhyrst is an outstanding new piece of story-telling, a tale of mystery and imagination laced with terror. It is a masterwork in the modern gothic tradition that ranges from Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker to Neil Gaiman and Sarah Perry.
Product details
Published | Jan 23 2024 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 416 |
ISBN | 9781788549578 |
Imprint | Head of Zeus |
Dimensions | 8 x 5 inches |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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[Michelle Paver's] storytelling is irresistible
The Times, Historical Fiction Book of the Month
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It's a ghost story to put beside the classics of an earlier era... Compelling'
Evening Standard
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Original and engrossing... Paver masterfully blends together two narratives... Spanning fen devils, mystics and the lot of women in Edwardian England'
Observer
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This book has been haunting me... Very gripping'
BBC Radio 2 Book Club
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[A] superb, supernatural novel... Paver deliciously ratchets up the tension as Maud struggles for autonomy in the face of her father's deranged obsessions'
Daily Mail
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A brilliantly atmospheric read (be warned: it's also terrifying!) with a brave, forward-thinking heroine I loved
Good Housekeeping