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The Somnambulist

Essie Fox

Every heart holds a secret... The stunning Victorian Gothic debut from an incredibly talented new author

'Some secrets are better left buried...'

When seventeen-year-old Phoebe Turner visits Wilton's Music Hall to watch her Aunt Cissy performing on stage, she risks the wrath of her mother Maud who marches with the Hallelujah Army, campaigning for all London theatres to close. While there, Phoebe is drawn to a stranger, the enigmatic Nathaniel Samuels, who heralds dramatic changes in the lives of all three women.

When offered the position of companion to Nathaniel's reclusive wife, Phoebe leaves her life in London's East End for Dinwood Court in Herefordshire - a house that may well be haunted and which holds the darkest of truths...

  • Classification : General & Literary Fiction
  • Pub Date : MAR 1, 2012
  • Imprint : Orion
  • Page Extent : 400
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781409121190
  • Price : INR 575
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Essie Fox

Essie Fox's debut novel THE SOMNAMBULIST was selected for the Channel 4 TV Book Club and was shortlisted for a National Book Award in 2012. She is the author of The Virtual Victorian (virtualvictorian.blogspot.com) and divides her time between Windsor and Bow in the East End of London. She can be found on Twitter @essiefox.

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