The Nature of Monsters by Clare Clark

The Nature of Monsters by Clare Clark

1666: The Great Fire of London sweeps through the streets and a heavily pregnant woman flees the flames. A few months later she gives birth to a child disfigured by a red birthmark. 1718: Sixteen-year-old Eliza Tally sees the gleaming dome of St. Paul's Cathedral rising above a rebuilt city. She arrives as an apothecary's maid, a position hastily arranged to shield the father of her unborn child from scandal. But why is the apothecary so eager to welcome her when he already has a maid, a half-wit named Mary? Why is Eliza never allowed to look her veiled master in the face or go into the study where he pursues his experiments? It is only on her visits to the Huguenot bookseller who supplies her master's scientific tomes that she realizes the nature of his obsession. And she knows she has to act to save not just the child but Mary and herself.

CLARE CLARK is the author of four books, including The Great Stink, which was selected a Washington Post Best Novel of the Year and was long-listed for the Orange Award, and Savage Lands, which was also long-listed for the Orange Prize. Her work has been published in five different languages. She is based in London.

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ISBN 13	9780156034081
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Titel	The Nature of Monsters
Autor	Clare Clark
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Harper Perennial
Erscheinungsjahr	2008-05-12
Seitenanzahl	400
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