Sách - Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (UK edition, paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: Macmillan UK Origin: United Kingdom (Imported) ISBN 13: 9781509880799 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 464 Dimensons: 197 x 131 x 33 | 328 (gram) ---------------------------------------- Laura Shepherd-Robinson has written a story that is not only a page-turner of a thriller but, to an extent unusual in historical novels, where you feel you really are listening to a voice from the eighteenth century. This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity’A novel of astonishing skillA tightly plotted crime story with vivid details of Georgian EnglandStunning . . . Blood & Sugar is a harrowing and brutal epic [that] shocks and thrills in equal measureA striking historical thriller . . . Few first novels are as accomplished as thisEpic, harrowing, thrilling, brutal, addictive. I read it flat out in one dayEnthrallingMagnificent . . . A tense and gripping historical thriller that shines an unwavering light on a dark period in British history. menal . . . A shoo-in for one of the books of the yearA searing, ingeniously constructed storyExtraordinaryTruly addictiveA passionate indictment of British involvement in the slave trade but it never neglects its duty to chill and thrillWith a hugely likeable hero at its heart, this rich and beautifully written debut marks out Laura Shepherd-Robinson as a major new talentThe finest Georgian intrigueA remarkably assured debutA page-turning dive into the torrid depths of London in the 1780sGripping and original . . . I absolutely loved itImmersive and exhilarating . . . I was completely swept awayExtraordinary, immersive, addictive and movingI can’t recommend it enoughUtterly compelling . . . The next star of historical crime fiction has arrivedThe most absorbing, intelligent and breathtakingly atmospheric novel I’ve read in a long timeI haven't read such an accomplished historical novel since I was introduced to C.J. Sansom.A gripping mystery . . . I loved itOne of the best historical novels I’ve read in ord, a gateway to and from Britain’s expanding empire, is evoked in pungent detail. The British slave trade was an appalling episode in our history and the novel is unflinching in its refusal to sentimentalise motives or to row back on the savagery of the times.A brilliant book . . . Superb . . . Absolutely superb'One of the most sophisticated crime novels of the past few yearsRead Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson, but read Blood & Sugar first: a) because it's brilliant, and b) because the characters overlap. They're both murder mysteries set in a meticulously and hyper-vividly drawn 18th-century London. The first is eye-opening about slavery, the second is about prostitution, or rather the first is about race and the second is about woman. Total page-turners1781. An investigation into a gruesome murder on the Deptford Docks leads to a dark secret that could change the very core of British society . . . ‘A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity’ – C. J. Sansom, author of Winter in Madrid.Winner of the HWA Debut Crown 2019Winner of the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award 2020Blood & Sugar is the thrilling debut historical crime novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson for fans of C. J. Sansom and Andrew Taylor.June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock – horribly tortured and branded with a slaver’s mark. Some days later, Captain Harry Corsham – a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career – is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He’d said people were trying to kill him, and now he is missing . . . To discover what happened to Tad, Harry is forced to pick up the threads of his friend’s investigation, delving into the heart of the conspiracy Tad had unearthed. His investigation will threaten his political prospects, his family’s happiness, and force a reckoning with his past, risking the revelation of secrets that have the power to destroy him. And that is only if he can survive the mortal dangers awaiting him in Deptford . . .'A brilliant book . . . Absolutely superb' – James O'BrienShortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger 2019Shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger 2019Longlisted for the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year 2020 Biographical NoteLaura Shepherd-Robinson was born in Bristol in 1976. She has a BSc in Politics from the University of Bristol and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics. Laura worked in politics for nearly twenty years before Giá sản phẩm trên Tiki đã bao gồm thuế theo luật hiện hành. Bên cạnh đó, tuỳ vào loại sản phẩm, hình thức và địa chỉ giao hàng mà có thể phát sinh thêm chi phí khác như phí vận chuyển, phụ phí hàng cồng kềnh, thuế nhập khẩu (đối với đơn hàng giao từ nước ngoài có giá trị trên 1 triệu đồng).....