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'KNOWS HOW TO KEEP HER AUDIENCE HOOKED' The Times
'A MASTERFUL STORYTELLER' Clare Mackintosh
'DARK, WEIRD AND GLORIOUSLY FEMINIST' Elle
Georgian London, in the summer of 1763.
At nineteen, Anne Jaccob, the elder daughter of well-to-do parents, meets Fub the butcher's apprentice and is awakened to the possibilities of joy and passion.
Anne lives a sheltered life: her home is a miserable place and her parents have already chosen a more suitable husband for her than Fub.
But Anne is an unusual young woman and is determined to pursue her own happiness in her own way...
...even if that means getting a little blood on her hands.
'A SHARP EYE AND A SHARPER WIT' Guardian
'A SPIRITED, DARK DEBUT' Woman & Home
'STRANGE, DARK AND UTTERLY MESMERIC' Hannah Kent
*And Janet Ellis's second, darkly compelling novel, How It Was, is out now*
- ISBN10 1473625149
- ISBN13 9781473625143
- Publish Date 25 February 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Imprint Two Roads
- Edition Unabridged edition
- Format Audiobook (MP3)
- Duration 10 hours and 43 minutes
- Language English