Sách - Our Hideous Progeny - A thrilling Gothic Adventure by C. E. McGill (UK edition, hardcover)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9780857529046 Condition: Brandnew Binding: hardcover Pages: 400 Dimensons: 147 x 224 x 39 | 504 (gram) ---------------------------------------- ''Compelling and utterly absorbing... an artfully crafted debut'' SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN, author of PANDORA''A gripping Gothic tale of grief and ambition, passion and intrigue'' JESS KIDD, author of THE NIGHT SHIP''A derful book; dark, passionate, multi-layered'' JOANNE HARRIS, author of CHOCOLAT''A fantastic read: I felt everything about Mary, her simmering anger and her intellectual delight'' FREYA MARSKE, author of THE LAST BINDING trilogy''Witty, dark and sharp as a scalpel...brilliantly captures what it''s like to be a woman in a man''s world'' LIZZIE POOK, author of MOONLIGHT AND THE PEARLER''S DAUGHTER________Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared in mysterious circumstances in the Arctic but she doesn''t know why or how...The 1850s is a time of discovery and London is ablaze with the latest scientific theories and debates, especially when a spectacular new exhibition of dinosaur sculptures opens at the Palace. Mary, with a sharp mind and a sharper tongue, is keen to make her name in this world of science, alongside her geologist husband Henry, but without wealth and connections, their options are limited.But when Mary discovers some old family papers that allude to the shocking truth behind her great-uncle''s past, she thinks she may have found the key to securing their future... Their quest takes them to the wilds of Scotland, to Henry''s intriguing but reclusive sister Maisie, and to a deadly chase with a rival who is out to steal their secret... Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....