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The Quick
Lauren Owen
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Description for The Quick
Paperback. Reveals the secrets of The Quick. In this title, as a reader, you must first travel to Victorian England, and there, in the wilds of Yorkshire, meet a brother and sister alone in the world, a pair bound by tragedy. You will, in time, enter the rooms of London's mysterious Aegolius Club - a society of the richest, most powerful men in England. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 418.
You are about to discover the secrets of The Quick –
But first, reader, you must travel to Victorian England, and there, in the wilds of Yorkshire, meet a brother and sister alone in the world, a pair bound by tragedy. You will, in time, enter the rooms of London’s mysterious Aegolius Club – a society of the richest, most powerful men in England. And at some point – we cannot say when – these worlds will collide.
It is then, and only then, that a new world emerges, a world of romance, adventure and the most ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099569978
SKU
V9780099569978
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Ref
99-99
About Lauren Owen
Lauren Owen was born in 1985 and grew up in the grounds of an old country house in Yorkshire. Her first attempts at writing as a teenager were Harry Potter fan fictions. She is a graduate of St Hilda's, Oxford, holds an MA in Victorian Literature, is completing a PhD on Gothic writing and fan culture, and is the recipient ... Read more
Reviews for The Quick
A sly and glittering addition to the literature of the macabre . . . As soon as you have breathed with relief, much worse horrors begin. It's a skilled, assured performance, and it's hard to believe it is a first novel.
HILARY MANTEL A Gothic blockbuster.
Independent
Energetically throwing together real history and gothic fantasy, Owen has ... Read more
HILARY MANTEL A Gothic blockbuster.
Independent
Energetically throwing together real history and gothic fantasy, Owen has ... Read more