The Year Without Summer
1816 - one event, six lives, a world changed - longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2021
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
10 February 2020
Summary
In 1815, a supervolcanic eruption led to the extraordinary ‘Year Without Summer’ in 1816: a massive climate disruption causing famine, poverty and riots. Snow fell in August. Lives, both ordinary and privileged, changed forever. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. The artist, John Constable, sought refuge in Suffolk. As crops failed, the dispossessed rose up in rebellion, threatening to burn the old order to the ground.
1815, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia
Mount Tambora explo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473672307 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473672309 |
| Author: | Guinevere Glasfurd |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 10 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 520g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 36mm |
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Critics Review
Superb … a stay-up-all-night page-turner … a beautifully written, angry, unflinching and unforgettable novel. - Financial Times
Vividly realised … this second novel does not disappoint - The TimesGlasfurd is a skilful writer and the book offers much to enjoy - Sunday TimesGuinevere Glasfurd’s follow-up to her 2016 Costa-shortlisted debut The Words in My Hand is another superb saga, rich in both historical detail and human interest … [Glasfurd] combines her intricate storyline with an impressively realised sense of a world being dragged into the modern age - ObserverA rich, well-written, and entirely convincing work of historical fiction. Each story adds a dimension to the exploration of climate disaster across social class and geography … in The Year Without Summer we are offered both a vision of the past and a vision of the future - Irish TimesA vivid slice of historical fiction - Sunday ExpressGuinevere Glasfurd’s ingenious and absorbing storytelling brought both the very human and epic impact of the world’s worst volcanic catastrophe to life in an indelible way that brings the past right into the present - Kirsty Wark, author of THE LEGACY OF ELIZABETH PRINGLEVivid, vibrant, hard to put down. Who’d have thought a book about calamitous climate change could also be such a joy to read? - Hilary SpurlingAbout The Author
Guinevere Glasfurd
Guinevere Glasfurd is a critically acclaimed novelist. Her debut novel, The Words in my Hand, was shortlisted for the 2016 Costa First Novel Award and Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award and was longlisted in France for the Prix du Roman FNAC. Her second novel, The Year Without Summer, was written with support from the MacDowell Foundation, longlisted for the Walter Scott Historical Fiction Prize 2021 and shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award 2020. Awarded grants from the Arts Council England and the British Council for her work, her writing has also appeared in The Scotsman, Mslexia and in a collection published by the National Galleries of Scotland. Originally from Lancaster, she now lives near Cambridge with her husband and daughter.
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