''Unsettling and strange, Sea Change, cements Nathan''s reputation as one of our most interesting historical novelists.'' The TimesAS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4''I''ll be back soon, my love. Tonight, I hope.''The last Eve saw of her mother was a wave from the basket of a rising balloon.
A wilful, lonely orphan in the house of her erratic artist guardian, Eve struggles to retain the image of her missing mother and the father she never knew. In a London beset by pageantry, incipient riot and the fear of Napoleonic invasion, Eve must grow into a young woman with no one to guide her through its perils.Far away, in a Norfolk fishing village, the Rev Snead preaches hellfire and damnation to his impoverished parishioners and oppressed wife.
Snead illustrates his sermons with the example of a mute woman pulled from the sea, over whom he keeps a very close watch indeed.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
256 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Profile Books Ltd |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2022-07-07 |
| ISBN |
9781788163507 |
