{"product_id":"james-miranda-barry-book-patricia-duncker-9780330371698","title":"James Miranda Barry","description":"At the turn of the nineteenth century, ten-year-old James Miranda Barry enrolled as a medical student in Edinburgh, the start of a glorious career as a military surgeon. Across the Empire, Barry achieved fame not only as a brilliant physician, but also a legendary duellist and a celebrated social figure. But James Miranda Barry was also a woman. Her greatest achievement of all had been to 'pass' for a man for more than fifty years.   Patricia Duncker's novel tells Barry's story for the first time, in a richly inventive and entertaining tale of dark family secrets, adultery, questioned paternity and colonial history. It confirms her rare talent as a writer of profound ideas and immense storytelling power.   'A miracle of a book that is richly atmospheric and gains the murky excitement of a Victorian thriller ' Sunday Times    'A marvellous work . . . superbly imagined and flamboyantly written' Beryl Bainbridge","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49630618124561,"sku":"GOR002184729","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49639237419281,"sku":"GOR001437860","price":3.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49661101277457,"sku":"GOR001223369","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/033037169X.jpg?v=1751038572","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/james-miranda-barry-book-patricia-duncker-9780330371698","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}