- Hardcover: 378 pages
- Publisher: Overlook Press (13 Mar 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1590200330
- ISBN-13: 978-1590200339
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.8 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,796,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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WITH A TALE SPINNER'S SLEIGHT OF HAND I ADVANCE THE calendarthe date is now Friday, 7 July 1848. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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WITH A TALE SPINNER'S SLEIGHT OF HAND I ADVANCE THE calendarthe date is now Friday, 7 July 1848. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
`How could I allow myself to be used as an instrument to shake the foundations of the world?'
17 Nov 2009
Format:Paperback
In 1848, the sisters Charlotte and Anne Bronte travel from Haworth to London to resolve an issue with Charlotte's publisher George Smith. Charlotte has been accused of a breach of contract, and the issue can be best addressed in person.
In London, Charlotte witnesses the murder of a young woman named Isabel White whom she and Anne met during their trip to London. As no-one seems to be interested in finding Isabel's murderer, Charlotte is determined to discover why Isabel was murdered and to bring the offender to justice.
And thus begins a story which becomes more and more incredible with each page. It was difficult for me to imagine any of the Brontė sisters in the roles Ms Rowland has written for them, but this didn't stop me from reading to the end just to find out how the mystery was resolved. After all, the events were becoming more and more fantastical and I just had to know how it would end.
I did not enjoy this novel. In part this is because my view of the Brontės has developed over 40 years and I cannot imagine them in the roles described in this novel. Does that matter? Not really but the story itself didn't work for me. Can I recommend it to others? No, not unless you are prepared to read a strange mixture of very unlikely events peppered with some biographical accuracies and some historical improbabilities.
I am less attached to Charlotte Brontė than to her sisters but I am not at all comfortable with this faintly ridiculous portrayal of her.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
In London, Charlotte witnesses the murder of a young woman named Isabel White whom she and Anne met during their trip to London. As no-one seems to be interested in finding Isabel's murderer, Charlotte is determined to discover why Isabel was murdered and to bring the offender to justice.
And thus begins a story which becomes more and more incredible with each page. It was difficult for me to imagine any of the Brontė sisters in the roles Ms Rowland has written for them, but this didn't stop me from reading to the end just to find out how the mystery was resolved. After all, the events were becoming more and more fantastical and I just had to know how it would end.
I did not enjoy this novel. In part this is because my view of the Brontės has developed over 40 years and I cannot imagine them in the roles described in this novel. Does that matter? Not really but the story itself didn't work for me. Can I recommend it to others? No, not unless you are prepared to read a strange mixture of very unlikely events peppered with some biographical accuracies and some historical improbabilities.
I am less attached to Charlotte Brontė than to her sisters but I am not at all comfortable with this faintly ridiculous portrayal of her.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This has to be one of the worst books I have ever read, which is disappointing as I have enjoyed her Sano Ichiro books. Once again an American writer trying to write historical English fiction gets it badly wrong. The plot becomes more and more preposterous, the dialogue is unbelievable, and the characters are stereotypical cardboard cutouts. Did she not do any factual research? If so, she would have found that the railway to Cornwall didn't exist until several years after this story. Her perception of Queen Victoria's household arrangements doesn't seem to tally with upper class life, more middle class. I get the feeling this is a case where the book was only published because she was already a successful author. I won't be wasting my money on finding out how bad the next book is.
Format:Paperback
A contender. Melodramatic, unrealistic, cliche, painfully written, gets more unbelievable with every twist of the plot, highly doubtful in its description of the sisters' behaviour, and not one character is particularly likeable or believable on any level. Spare yourself
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