Once a Monster (häftad, eng)

<p><b>'Robert Dinsdale mixes history and mythology with great panache . . . Richly textured and with an appropriately labyrinthine plot, this is a book that explores the monster inside man &mdash; and vice versa. Book of the Month' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><br>London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames along the Ratcliffe Highway.

An orphan since her mother died four years past, leaving Nell with only broken dreams and a pair of satin slippers in her possession, she spends her days dredging up coals, copper and pieces of iron spilled by the river barges &ndash; searching for treasure in the mud in order to appease her master, Benjamin Murdstone.<br><br>But one day, Nell discovers a body on the shore.

It&rsquo;s not the first corpse she&rsquo;s encountered, but by far the strangest. Nearly seven feet tall, the creature has matted hair covering his legs, and on his head are the suggestion of horns. Nell&rsquo;s fellow mudlarks urge her to steal his boots and rifle his pockets, but as she ventures closer the figure draws breath &ndash; and Nell is forced to make a decision which will change her life forever .

. .<br><br><b>From the critically acclaimed author of <i>The Toymakers</i> comes an imaginative retelling of the legend of the Minotaur, full of myth and magic and steeped in the grime of Victorian London; perfect for lovers of historical fiction with a mythical twist such as <i>Stone Blind </i>and <i>Circe</i>.<br><br>Praise for <i>Once A Monster</i>:<br><br>'Imaginative mash-up of the mythical with Victorian gothic.' - <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>'A wonderful magic trick of a story</b>, full of very human monsters and monstrous humans.

<b>Dinsdale is a beautiful, evocative story teller</b>. - Stuart Turton, bestselling author of <i>The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle</i></p>

Format	Häftad
Språk	Engelska
Utgivningsdatum	2023-09-21
ISBN	9781529097382