{"product_id":"books-a-man-of-genius-by-janet-todd","title":"A Man of Genius","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Strange and haunting, a gothic novel with a modern consciousness.\" --Philippa Gregory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A haunting, sophisticated story about a woman discovering the truth about herself and the elusive, possibly illusive, nature of genius.\" --\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Mesmerizing, haunting, imbued with a complete sense of historical verisimilitude\" --\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A psychologically haunting and disturbing tale as full of mystery, exotic foreign places, and questions of parentage as any penned by her protagonist.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Thrilling and heartbreaking, a gothic novel with emotional heart and depth.\" --\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A darkly mischievous novel about love, obsession and the burden of charisma, played out against the backdrop of Venice's watery, decadent glory.\" --Sarah Dunant\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A mesmerizing story of love and obsession in nineteenth-century Venice: dark and utterly compelling.\" --Natasha Solomons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in bustling Regency England and decaying Venice, \u003ci\u003eA Man of Genius\u003c\/i\u003e portrays a psychological journey from safety into secrecy and obsession. After a troubled childhood, Ann achieves independence earning her living as an author of Gothic novels. Within a group of male writers, she meets and is enthralled by the supposed poetic genius, Robert James. They become uneasy lovers. Ann and Robert travel from London through a Europe exhausted by the Napoleonic Wars. They arrive in a Venice of spies and intrigue, where their relationship becomes tortuous and Robert descends into near madness. Forced to flee with a stranger, Ann delves into her past to be jolted by a series of revelations about her lover, her parentage, the stranger, and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53669055758609,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781908524829.jpg?v=1781505794","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-a-man-of-genius-by-janet-todd","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}