The corset
Purcell, Laura2018
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Total copies: 1
The author of Radio 2 Book Club pick }The Silent Companions{ sends phrenology-advocate Dorothea into the world of a Victorian prison, in which she encounters a seamstress named Ruth, capable of killing through needle-and-thread creations. 'The Corset is a contender for my Book of the Year. Beautifully written, intricately plotted, a masterpiece' Sarah Hilary Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer? Victim or villain? Dorothea Truelove is young, wealthy and beautiful. Ruth Butterham is young, poor and awaiting trial for murder. When Dorothea's charitable work leads her to Oakgate Prison, she finds herself drawn to Ruth, a teenage seamstress - and self-confessed murderess - who nurses a dark and uncanny secret. A secret that is leading her straight to the gallows. As Ruth reveals her disturbing past to Dorothea, the fates of these two women entwine, and with every revelation, a new layer of doubt is cast... Can Ruth be trusted? Is she mad, or a murderer?
Main title:
The corset / Laura Purcell.
Author:
Purcell, Laura, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Raven Books, 2018.
Collation:
392 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781408889619 (hbk)9781408889602 (pbk)9781408889596 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6116.U73
Language:
English
Subject:
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- FictionGothic fiction (Literary genre)GeneralModern & contemporary fictionCrime & mystery fictionHistorical romanceHistorical fictionLiterary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writersFiction: general & literaryThriller / suspense fictionHorror & supernatural fictionOccult fictionContemporary lifestyle fictionRomantic suspenseHistorical mysteriesIntended specifically for women and/or girlsGothicRomanticism
BRN:
348746