Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge

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A sweeping adventure story set between the frozen Arctic and Victorian London about a young woman whose search for the truth about her sister’s death may have fatal consequences. Twenty-year-old Constance Horton has run away from her life in Victorian London, disguising herself as a boy to board the Makepeace, an expedition vessel bound for the icy and unexplored Northwest Passage of the Arctic. She struggles to keep her real identity a secret on the ship, a feat that only grows more difficult when facing off with the constant dangers of the icy North. Even more dangerous than the cold, the storms, and the hunger, are some of the men aboard—including the ship’s scientist Edison Stowe. He seems to be watching Constance, and she knows that his attention could be fatal. In London two years later: Maude Horton is searching for the truth. After being told by the British Admiralty that her sister’s death onboard the Makepeace was nothing more than a tragic accident, she receives a diary revealing that Edison Stowe had more of a hand in Constance’s death than the returning crew acknowledged. In order to get the answers she needs, Maude decides to shadow Edison. She joins him on a new venture he’s started to capitalize on the murder mania that has all of London in a frenzy—a travel company that takes guests around the country via train to witness public hangings—to extract the truth from him in any way possible. As tensions and dangers mount, it ultimately falls to Maude to enact the ultimate revenge to get justice for her sister. Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge is a transporting, atmospheric novel about the lengths we will go to for justice—and for love.

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**Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Award 'This is escapist fiction at its best. Grisly, addictive fun . . . I devoured it in 24 hours' – Emilia Hart, author of Weyward An addictive Gothic historical fiction set in the macabre world of Victorian London. From the capital's stinking streets to the icy landscapes of the Arctic, Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook follows an intrepid heroine, ready to risk it all to seek the truth and avenge her missing sister.** London, 1850. The adventurous Constance Horton has disguised herself as a boy and embarked on a perilous expedition to the Arctic. But when the ship returns without Constance, her sister Maude is determined to find out what happened. While the truth about her fate is buried by sinister forces, a hastily scribbled journal may just provide some answers . . . To deliver justice for her sister, Maude must step into London’s dark underbelly, and into the path of dangerous, powerful men. The kind who seek their fortune in the city’s horrors, from the public hangings at Newgate to the ghoulish waxworks of Madame Tussaud’s Chamber of Horrors. It is a perilous task. But Maude has surprisingly dangerous skills of her own . . . **'Brilliant! Stuffed with adventure' - Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 'Victorian gothic at its very very best' - Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora**

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Lizzie Pook (Auteur) - Verschenen op 14/11/2024 bij Palgrave Macmillan

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Pages: 336, Edition: 1, Paperback, Palgrave Macmillan