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The *Richard & Judy 2008 Summer read* selection updated edition.London, 1826: Gabriel Swift has left behind his father's failures to study with Edwin Poll, the greatest of the city's anatomists. It is his chance to find advancement by making a name for himself. But instead he finds himself drawn to his master's nemesis, Lucan, the most powerful of the city's resurrectionists and ruler of its trade in stolen bodies. Dismissed by his master, Gabriel descends into the violence and corruption of London's underworld, a place where everything and everyone is for sale, and where as Gabriel discovers the taking of a life is easier than it might seem.Ten years later, another man teaches art in the penal colony of New South Wales, his spare time spent trapping and painting birds. But as becomes clear when he falls in love with one of his pupils, no one may escape their past forever, and the worst prisons are often those we make for ourselves.Dark, frightening, but utterly mesmerising, ** *The Resurrectionist* ** is a spellbinding gothic thriller and a triumphant follow-up to James Bradley's internationally-acclaimed novels ** *Wrack* ** and ** *The Deep Field* **.Wörter : 79812

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Author
Bradley, James
Publisher
Faber and Faber; [distributor] TBS The Book Service Ltd; Faber & Faber
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9780571232758
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
Rating
2.81 / 5 (1,339 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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