Bone China: A wonderfully atmospheric tale for winter reading

By: Laura Purcell

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Synopsis: 'Du Maurier-tastic' GUARDIAN'Deliciously sinister' HEAT 'A clever, creepy read' SUNDAY EXPRESS Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken. But Dr Pinecroft has plans for a revolutionary experiment: convinced that sea air will prove to be the cure his wife and children needed, he arranges to house a group of prisoners suffering from the same disease in the cliffs beneath his new Cornish home. Forty years later, Hester Why arrives at Morvoren House to take up a position as nurse to the now partially paralysed and almost entirely mute Miss Pinecroft. Hester has fled to Cornwall to try and escape her past, but surrounded by superstitious staff enacting bizarre rituals, she soon discovers that her new home may be just as dangerous as her last…

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 384 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781526602510
Related ISBNs:: 9781526602503
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Addition:: 03/07/21
Copyrighted By:: Laura Purcell
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Horror, Romance, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Medicine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.