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1 online resource (224 pages) |
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| Summary |
In this "deliciously spooky" Victorian Gothic, a woman's past could be the death of her-if she can remember it ( The New York Times Book Review ). Confused and disoriented, Georgina Ferrars awakens in a small room in Tregannon House, a remote asylum in England, with no memory of the past few weeks. The doctor, Maynard Straker, tells her that she admitted herself under the name Lucy Ashton, then suffered a seizure. When she insists he has mistaken her for someone else, Dr. Straker sends a telegram to her uncle. The reply is chilling: Georgina Ferrars is safe at home with him in London. Suddenly her voluntary confinement becomes involuntary. Who is the woman in her uncle's house? Which woman is the imposter? From a cliffside cottage on the Isle of Wight to the secret passages of the asylum, the perilous quest for answers draws Georgina only deeper into a web of hidden family ties on which her survival, and her sanity, depend. "Redolent with a sense of foreboding . . A splendid read!" -Historical Novel Society, Editors' Choice "Readers are guaranteed a thoroughly diverting time in Harwood's not-to-be-trusted hands." - The Independent "Harwood, master of creeping Victorian horror, does it again. . Twisted in every sense of the word." - Booklist. |
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Print version record. |
| Subject |
FICTION / Thrillers / Historical.
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Asylums -- Fiction.
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Amnesia -- Fiction.
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Electronic books.
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Thrillers (Fiction)
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Historical fiction.
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Gothic fiction.
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Freading.
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| ISBN |
9780544003293 (epub) |
| Standard No. |
9780544003293 |
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