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The Somnambulist - Essie Fox
The Somnambulist
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'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... show more
'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...
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781409121190 (1409121194)
Publisher: Orion
Pages no: 429
Edition language: English
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Dor Does Books
Dor Does Books rated it
1.0 Not even melodramatic enough to be fun - The Somnambulist by Essie Fox
Even though I really disliked Elijah's Mermaid, mainly due to the utter ridiculousness of its plot, I was still amenable to trying The Somnambulist. It's Essie Fox's first novel and I've had the sample sitting on my Kindle since the book was first published; it's only because I came across it in the...
The English Student
The English Student rated it
3.0 The Somnambulist - Essie Fox
This is a fairly Gothic book, about a seventeen-year-old, Phoebe Turner (whose father's name is William Turner. Spot the reference.), who goes to work as a lady's companion to the wife of the enigmatic Nathaniel Samuels, discovering some fairly unpleasant truths about her own family en route. The fi...
ism
ism rated it
4.0 Somnambulist
How to rate this book ... I really liked it but I might be biased because parts of the story hit close to home. And I know that's not a good thing if you've read this book but there are some things you grow fond of if only for the fact that it reminds you of something from the past.I randomly picked...
bookland: viggiando tra i libri
bookland: viggiando tra i libri rated it
4.0 La sonnambula
Qui la recensione completa: http://bookland89.blogspot.it/2012/03/buon-sabato-tutti-spero-che-lavostra.htmlCorteggiavo questo romanzo sin da quando è uscito a fine 2011 e devo dire che non ne sono rimasta affatto delusa. Vi anticipo che non racconta una storia originalissima, ma la protagonista, l'a...
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