The Crimson Rooms
An utterly gripping and atmospheric story of guilt, passion and consequences
$84.80
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2010
Summary
Evelyn is a young woman who has defied convention to become one of the country’s first female lawyers. Living at home with her mother, aunt and grandmother, Evelyn is still haunted by the death of her younger brother James in the First World War. Therefore when the doorbell rings late one night and a woman appears, claiming to have mothered James’ child, her world is turned upside down. Evelyn distrusts Meredith at first, but also finds that this new arrival challenges her work-obsessed lifes…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753825471 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753825473 |
| Author: | Katharine McMahon |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 133mm x 39mm |
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Critics Review
It is brilliant - intimidatingly good, I’d say. What [McMahon has] done is on a par with Sarah Waters - namely, writing satisfying and authentic historical fiction, but with literary excellence and sentence by sentence attention to detail. A triumph. - Kate Mosse.
About The Author
Katharine McMahon
Katharine McMahon is the author of six novels. She has taught in secondary schools, performed in local theatre and worked as a Royal Literary Fund fellow teaching writing skills at the Universities of Hertfordshire and Warwick. She lives in Hertfordshire.
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