The Illusions (eBook)

The most captivating feminist historical fiction novel of the year

Liz Hyder (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
400 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
978-1-78658-188-4 (ISBN)

Infos

<font size="e;+1"e;> What if you had real magic within you . . . ?</font>The utterly spellbinding new novel from the celebrated author of THE GIFTS1896. As a group of illusionists prepare for a grand spectacle, one young woman, Cecily Marsden, harbours a secret. For she possesses impossible powers - powers she little understands.Meanwhile Eadie Carleton, a pioneering early film-maker, struggles for her talent to be taken seriously, and a talented magician, George Perris, begins to see the potential in moving pictures. But in order to achieve his dreams, George must first win over Miss Carleton . . .As Cecily, George and Eadie's worlds collide, Cec finds herself facing the fight of her life to save the grand performance from sabotage - and harness the real magic held deep within her . . .'Charming and intriguing, sparkling with magic' Jennifer Saint'A book to disappear into' Joanne Burn 'Spellbinding. Unputdownable' Louise Hare'Simply not to be missed' My Weekly 'Captivating and fascinating' LoveReading'Filled with wonders' Essie Fox 'Enchanting' Freya Berry'A glorious Victorian delight. I adored it' Katie Lumsden'Every bit as magical as the magic it describes' Sonia Velton'Utterly beguiling' Amanda Mason

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.6.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Schlagworte: 19th century • a marvellous light • Angels • A restless Truth • Ariadne • Arts • Babel • Bearmouth • best books of 2023 • betrayal • Bristol • Circe • Circus • Cloud Cuckoo Land • Conjuring • Dickens The Binding Bridget Collins • Family • Feminism • feminist • Hamnet • Historical Fantasy • historical fiction 2023 • Historical Romance • History • Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell • Lies • London • Magic • magical realism • MIME • ' Mrs England • Mystical • Once Upon a River • Orphans • Pandora • Peer Pressure • performing arts • Piranesi • Power • Remarkable Creatures • Romance • Romantasy • Romantic • romantic fiction • Sarah Perry book club books • scandal • Spells • Talent • The Betrayals • The Binding • The Circus of Wonders • The Doll Factory Elizabeth Macneal Once Upon A River Diane Setterfield • the essex serpent • The Familiars • The Familiars The Foundling Mrs England stacey Halls • the foundling • the gifts • The Island of Missing Trees • The Ladies of the Secret Circus • The Leviathan • The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock Imogen Hermes Gower • the night circus • The Prestige Christopher Priest • the song of achilles • The Witchfinder's Sister • Tuppence Middleton • Women Writers
• ISBN-10: 1-78658-188-4 / 1786581884
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78658-188-4 / 9781786581884