The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
Brand: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Product Description
An Indie Next Pick Now in paperback Natasha Pulleys witty entrancing novel . . . burnishes her reputation as a gifted storyteller Publishers Weekly starred review. In 1859 exEast India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall with an injury that almost cost him his leg. When the India Office recruits him for an expedition to fetch quinineessential for the treatment of malariafrom deep within Peru he knows its a terrible idea nearly every ablebodied expeditionary whos made the attempt has died and he can barely walk. But Merrick is eager to escape the strange events plaguing his familys crumbling estate so he sets off against his better judgment for the edge of the Amazon. There he meets Raphael a priest around whom the villagers spin unsettling stories of impossible disappearances cursed woods and living stone. Merrick must separate truth from fairy tale and gradually he realizes that Raphael is the key to a legacy left by generations of Tremayne explorers before him one which will prove more valuable than quinine and far more dangerous. show more
Condition : New
Author : Natasha Pulley
Weight : 483
Publisher : BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Language : English
EAN : 9781620409695
ISBN10 : 1620409690
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20151020
Place of Publication : New York
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 140 X 208 X 25mm