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The Skull and the Nightingale

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A chilling and deliciously dark tale of manipulation, sex, and seduction in eighteenth-century EnglandWhen Richard Fenwick returns to London in 1761, his wealthy godfather, James Gilbert, has an unexpected proposition. Gilbert has led a sedate life in the country, but now feels the urge to experience, even vicariously, the extremes of human feeling: love, passion, and something much more sinister. He asks Richard to serve as his proxy and to write to him of his city adventures?tales of carousing, seduction, and excess. Richard rises to the challenge and delves deep into London's salacious side.Gilbert's elaborate and manipulative "experiments" into the intimate workings of human behavior soon drag Richard into a vortex of betrayal, where lives are ruined and tragedy is only a step away. And when Richard does the unthinkable and falls in love, the stakes are raised and he must make a defining choice. But what sort of man has he by now become?

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780062202369
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 432
  • Udgivet:
  • 12. august 2014
  • Størrelse:
  • 134x22x204 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 327 g.
  • 2-3 uger.
  • 26. november 2024
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A chilling and deliciously dark tale of manipulation, sex, and seduction in eighteenth-century EnglandWhen Richard Fenwick returns to London in 1761, his wealthy godfather, James Gilbert, has an unexpected proposition. Gilbert has led a sedate life in the country, but now feels the urge to experience, even vicariously, the extremes of human feeling: love, passion, and something much more sinister. He asks Richard to serve as his proxy and to write to him of his city adventures?tales of carousing, seduction, and excess. Richard rises to the challenge and delves deep into London's salacious side.Gilbert's elaborate and manipulative "experiments" into the intimate workings of human behavior soon drag Richard into a vortex of betrayal, where lives are ruined and tragedy is only a step away. And when Richard does the unthinkable and falls in love, the stakes are raised and he must make a defining choice. But what sort of man has he by now become?

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