Murder Ballad by Lucy Ribchester
A story of betrayal, mystery, and the secrets some would die to protect. Isobel Duguid's tale takes us from Edinburgh's dazzling 18th century opera scene to the Old Tolbooth gallows.Lucy Ribchester has the power to take her readers to the heart of 18th-century Auld Reekie where she regales them with tales of opera singers and murderers, of cobbled streets and Old Town tenements, of audacious women and what can befall them. The writing is sublime, I loved every word. -- Elissa Soave
A gripping and grisly tale of opera, art and ownership set in 18th century Edinburgh. -- Lynsey May
A wildly original and alarmingly readable historical novel whose dark, blood-soaked narrative takes us by surprise at every turn. Lucy Ribchester brings to life the musical culture, both high and low, of eighteenth-century Edinburgh through the lives of a handful of women. Brilliantly written, the story is punctuated with violent deaths and abrupt, neatly-plotted reversals. Its protagonist, Isobel Duguid, is frankly unforgettable. -- Andrew Taylor
What a marvel it is. The plot is fabulous and as convoluted as all those labyrinthine old town closes. I had no idea of the history of the ballads or of the theatres in the old town so that was fascinating and inhabited by wonderfully vivid characters. -- Linda Cracknell
Lucy Ribchester was born in Edinburgh. She has a first-class degree in English from the University of St Andrews and a Masters in Shakespeare Studies from Kings College London & Shakespeare's Globe.
In 2013 she received a New Writers Award from The Scottish Book Trust. She has since won a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship, and been shortlisted for the COSTA Short Story Award and Manchester Fiction Prize. Her first novel, The Hourglass Factory was longlisted for the Historical Writers Association Debut Crown, picked by Val McDermid for her New Blood panel at Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, and selected by Waterstones' Edinburgh branches as their Book of the Year.
Lucy also covers dance, books and children's events for Scotland's The List magazine, and writes contemporary thrillers under the name Elle Connel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781785305375 |
| ISBN 10 | 1785305379 |
| Title | Murder Ballad |
| Author | Lucy Ribchester |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2024-06-20 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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