Author: Carroll, Emma
c 1800 to c 1900
Published on 7 July 2016 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 320 pages
191 x 123 x 21 | 282g
From the bestselling historical adventure author of Letters from the Lighthouse comes a thrilling, deliciously creepy story that is sure to freeze your blood . . .
'A deliciously gothic thriller.'The Bookseller'Tremendous fun.'The Financial Times'Five stars for Strange Star.'The Times, Children's Book of the Week'A fast, exciting read.'The School LibrarianSwitzerland, 1816. They were coming tonight to tell ghost stories. 'A tale to freeze the blood,' was the only rule.
On a stormy summer night, Lord Byron and his guests are gathered round the fire. Felix, their serving boy, can't wait to hear their creepy tales. Yet real life is about to take a chilling turn- more chilling than any tale. Frantic pounding at the front door reveals a stranger, a girl covered in the most unusual scars. She claims to be looking for her sister, supposedly snatched from England by a woman called Mary Shelley. Someone else has followed her here too, she says. And the girl is terrified...