The Circus of Ghosts

Number 2 in series

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Circus of Ghosts by Barbara Ewing, Little, Brown Book Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Barbara Ewing ISBN: 9780748123599
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Publication: July 28, 2011
Imprint: Sphere Language: English
Author: Barbara Ewing
ISBN: 9780748123599
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication: July 28, 2011
Imprint: Sphere
Language: English

New York, late 1840s, and in the wild, noisy, brash and beautiful circus of Silas P. Swift a shadowy, mesmeric woman entrances crowds because she can unlock the secrets of troubled minds. Above them all her daughter sweeps and soars: acrobat and tightrope-walker. People cannot take their eyes from the mysterious woman in the Big Top who can help so many others - but she cannot unlock dark, literally unspeakable, memories of her own. In London memories fester in the mind of an old and venomous duke of the realm. He plots, with an unscrupulous lawyer (and a huge financial reward) against the mother and the daughter: to kill one, and to abduct the other and bring her across the Atlantic to him: She is mine. The actress and mesmerist Cordelia Preston and her daughter Gwenlliam live with their unusual family in the exciting new city among exciting new ideas: the telegraph, the daguerrotype, anaesthesia, table-tapping. And among the dangerous street-gangs of New York also, whose raw violence meets Cordelia and Gwenlliam and those that they love, with unexpected results.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

New York, late 1840s, and in the wild, noisy, brash and beautiful circus of Silas P. Swift a shadowy, mesmeric woman entrances crowds because she can unlock the secrets of troubled minds. Above them all her daughter sweeps and soars: acrobat and tightrope-walker. People cannot take their eyes from the mysterious woman in the Big Top who can help so many others - but she cannot unlock dark, literally unspeakable, memories of her own. In London memories fester in the mind of an old and venomous duke of the realm. He plots, with an unscrupulous lawyer (and a huge financial reward) against the mother and the daughter: to kill one, and to abduct the other and bring her across the Atlantic to him: She is mine. The actress and mesmerist Cordelia Preston and her daughter Gwenlliam live with their unusual family in the exciting new city among exciting new ideas: the telegraph, the daguerrotype, anaesthesia, table-tapping. And among the dangerous street-gangs of New York also, whose raw violence meets Cordelia and Gwenlliam and those that they love, with unexpected results.

More books from Little, Brown Book Group

Cover of the book The Compassionate Mind Approach to Building Self-Confidence by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book The Disciplinarian by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book The Venetian Game by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book Saving Safa by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book Crongton Knights by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book Would I Lie To You?: a laugh-out-loud romcom by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book Sinner Takes All by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book Waves of Prosperity by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book Be My Enemy by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book The Mammoth Book of Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book The Little Book Of Optimum Nutrition by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book The A-Z of Having a Baby by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book Familiar Passions by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book Poems by Barbara Ewing
Cover of the book A Dead Man in Barcelona by Barbara Ewing
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy