Maid of Buttermere
«Compelling . . . Painted on a broad canvas, packed with detail, with characters, with interesting psychological issues, and sallies into the history of the years 1802-1803»
Glasgow Herald
Melvyn Bragg's highly-acclaimed bestselling historical novel, the story behind one of the 19th century's greatest scandals. Set in the Lake District in the early 19th century, the riveting story of an imposter, bigamist and fortune hunter who came to grief by falling helplessly in love with the famed 'Maid of Buttermere'. Les mer
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Melvyn Bragg's highly-acclaimed bestselling historical novel, the story behind one of the 19th century's greatest scandals. Set in the Lake District in the early 19th century, the riveting story of an imposter, bigamist and fortune hunter who came to grief by falling helplessly in love with the famed 'Maid of Buttermere'.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Sceptre
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 464
- ISBN
- 9780340423738
- Utgave
- 2. utg.
- Utgivelsesår
- 1993
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Compelling . . . Painted on a broad canvas, packed with detail, with characters, with interesting psychological issues, and sallies into the history of the years 1802-1803»
Glasgow Herald
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A vivid and erudite tour de force
» Penelope Lively
«This is the story of an impostor and bigamist, a self-styled Colonel Hope, who travels to the North, where eventually he marries "The Maid of Buttermere", a young woman whose natural beauty inspired the dreams and confirmed the theories of various early nineteenth-century writers . . . It is a fine story . . . This is historical fiction with a human face»
Peter Ackroyd, The Times
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A skilled, ornate and convincing examination of a nineteenth-century scandal in Bragg's own Cumbria
» Thomas Keneally
«A detailed, eloquent and affecting panorama of truth and lies . . . thrusts [him] into the front rank»
Mail on Sunday
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A triumph . . . I am overwhelmingly impressed
» Beryl Bainbridge
«Bragg achieves the most difficult of feats, the telling of the changing perceptions and ideals of a radical age . . . He is also as powerful as ever in his description of nature»
Sunday Times
«Bragg writes with picturesque clarity; his prose accommodates the formality of the period, the splendidly sombre wateriness of the place and the robust passions of the people who lived there»
Sunday Telegraph
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A fine novel, both sad and tragic. His background descriptions are beautiful . . . while his evocation of the early nineteenth century, and his handling of the ever-interesting topic of English snobbery is impeccable
» Irish Times
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Very much enjoyed; a fine subject treated with great energy and imagination, and a gusto that Hazlitt would have admired
» Richard Holmes
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An ingenious telling of a romantic tragedy
» Gore Vidal
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A terrific tale of passion, lust, deception and moral outrage.
» Daily Mail