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The Memory Palace [Paperback]

Christie Dickason (Author)
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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins (1 Aug 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007333846
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007333844
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 752,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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An epic love story set in the period of Music and Silence, for readers of Rose Tremain and Philippa Gregory.

1639. Zeal Beester, mistress of the rolling Hampshire estate of Hawkridge, is pregnant, unwed, and the King has banished her lover to the New World. The Puritan Praise-God Gifford will have her burnt at the stake for depravity.

To save herself and the child, Zeal becomes the wife of Philip Wentworth, an ageing soldier and adventurer. But Philip’s extraordinary tales of El Dorado only remind her of her exiled lover.

As the chaos of Civil War approaches, Zeal begins to rebuild Hawkridge House as the Memory Palace and the secret map of her heart. Part maze, part theatre, part great country house, it enrages the Puritans and inspires in one twisted soul a hatred and envy that only death will satisfy.

Should the King be killed, Zeal's lover may return only to find Zeal and the child in their graves…

About the Author

Christie Dickason was born in America but also lived as a child in Thailand, Mexico and Switzerland. Harvard-educated, and a former theatre director and choreographer (with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at Ronnie Scott’s among others), she lives in London with her family.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Utterly mesmerising! 9 July 2003
Format:Hardcover
Ms Dickason has done it again - created an intriguing and complex world with completely believable characters.

I'm sure many others will review the book's literary merits - but I would just like to compliment the author on weaving together magnificent historical research with her unparalelled story-telling genius in this, the third part of the trilogy (previous books being The Lady Tree and Quicksilver).

Who needs a holiday when books like this can transport you into a completely different world?

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A must read! 3 July 2003
Format:Hardcover
Christie Dickason's new masterpiece is a brilliant achievement that left me no choice but staying up late every night to find out what was happening to the lovely Zeal. The setting is perfect, the historical details are overwhelming and when reading, images of a long gone past were vivid in my imagination. The third in a trilogy, I was riveted by the previous two books; this time there was no tulipmania but this book approached subjects that were as breathtaking like architechture and living to accomplish a goal for love. The transcript of Zeal's sheer willpower to accomplish her destiny can be seen as an example of driving one's life to create great accomplishments.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Block that metaphor 8 Dec 2007
Format:Paperback
So much of The Memory Palace is compelling: the secondary and most of the primary characters, the depiction of life on a working estate at the time of the civil war, and the vivid picture of the plight of a single woman at that time. But the central conceit, the Memory Palace of the title, is a metaphor that becomes increasingly strained, leading to one of the more far-fetched denouements I've read, not to mention some laughably stilted dialogue. Oh dear...
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