Remarkable Creatures
(Sprache: Englisch)
Author of Girl With a Pearl Earring, the 5 million copy bestseller
Tracy Chevalier's stunning novel of how one woman's gift transcends class and gender to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century....
Tracy Chevalier's stunning novel of how one woman's gift transcends class and gender to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century....
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Author of Girl With a Pearl Earring, the 5 million copy bestseller
Tracy Chevalier's stunning novel of how one woman's gift transcends class and gender to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century.
A revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship.
Klappentext zu „Remarkable Creatures “
One of the best books of the year, following great success in hardback, from bestselling and much-loved novelist Tracy Chevalier.
Autoren-Porträt von Tracy Chevalier
Tracy Chevalier is the author of five previous novels, including the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Virgin Blue, Falling Angels, The Lady and the Unicorn and Burning Bright. Born in Washington, DC, she moved to London in 1984, where she lives with her husband and son. She has a website at www.tchevalier.com.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tracy Chevalier
- 2010, 352 Seiten, Maße: 13 x 19,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: HarperCollins UK
- ISBN-10: 0007178387
- ISBN-13: 9780007178384
- Erscheinungsdatum: 10.12.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Remarkable Creatures “
'A stunning story, compassionately reimagined' Guardian 'Chevalier recently stated that making fossils sexy was one of her chief aims in writing Remarkable Creatures. With this very entertaining book, she has certainly succeeded' Daily Telegraph 'An enthralling novel of female friendship and fossil hunting' Woman and Home 'Chevalier shows her skill for working history's lost individuals into far-reaching fiction' Good Housekeeping
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'It is a stunning story, compassionately reimagined' Guardian 'Chevalier recently stated that making fossils sexy was one of her chief aims in writing Remarkable Creatures. With this very entertaining book, she has certainly succeeded' Telegraph
'Very entertaining and informative' The Times
'The backdrop of shifting evolutionary ideas finds a rueful echo in Chevalier's tender portrayal of two extraordinary women who refuse to be constrained by society' Sunday Telegraph
'An enthralling novel of female friendship and fossil hunting'
Woman & Home
'An extraordinary tale about two 19th century women who attempt to alter ideas about creationism with their discoveries of dinosaur fossils' Daily Mirror
'Involving themes of friendship and the hidden world of women as much as the excitement of discovering the fossils' significance, Remarkable Creatures is itself a find' Metro
'Chevalier shows her skill for working history's lost individuals into far-reaching fiction' Good Housekeeping
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