Mr Wroe's Virgins
$58.36
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
3 August 2011
Summary
In 1830, as the end of the world approached, the charismatic, hunchbacked prophet of a religious sect settled in Lancashire heeds the biblical injunction and chooses seven virgins ‘for comfort and succour’. Basing her novel on the life of the real John Wroe, a leader of a group called the Christian Israelite Church, Rogers crafts an impeccable narrative, interweaving the diverse mindsets of some of the chosen women and the prophet during the nine months of complex interaction. Part morality…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349120522 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349120528 |
| Author: | Jane Rogers |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 3 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm |
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The pages turn faster as scandals crop up, but the verisimilitude remains remarkable. * LOS ANGELES TIMES *It burns with intelligence and is outstandingly well written and constructed. * SUNDAY TIMES *A historical novel in the tradition of A.S Byatt… humorous, touching, ironic…explores the time-honoured conflict between the sacred and the profane. * PACIFIC SUN *Gracefully written and immensely powerful, this imaginative reconstruction of what nine months with a peculiar patriarch might have been like is also an insightful exploration of the interplay between faith, passion and betrayal. * BOOKLIST *
About The Author
Jane Rogers
Jane Rogers has written six novels including ISLAND (longlisted for the Booker 1999) and PROMISED LANDS, which won the Writers’ Guild Best Novel Award 1996. She also writes for TV and radio, and teaches Novel on the Writing MA at Sheffield Hallam University. She has two children and lives in Lancashire.
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