The Doll Factory : The Sunday Times Bestseller, BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick and BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime

Author: Macneal, Elizabeth

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Published on 5 March 2020 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.

Other | 384 pages
130 x 196 x 26 | 294g

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNow a major TV series with Paramount+'A sharp, scary tale of love, art and obsession' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainDesire can be deadlyLondon. 1850. On a crowded street, the dollmaker Iris Whittle meets the artist Louis Frost. Louis is a painter who is desperate for Iris to be his model. Iris agrees, on the condition that he teaches her to paint.

Dreaming of freedom, Iris throws herself into a new life of art and love, unaware that she has caught the eye of a second man. Silas Reed is a curiosity collector, enchanted by the strange and beautiful. After seeing Iris at the site of the Great Exhibition he finds he cannot forget her.

As Iris's world expands, Silas's obsession grows. And it is only a matter of time before they meet again . . .

BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICKBBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIMEReaders love Elizabeth Macneal's The Doll Factory:'Breathtaking' *****'I couldn't put it down' *****'Spellbinding' *****'I never wanted it to end' *****'A plot to stop your heart' *****The Burial Plot, Elizabeth's latest cat-and-mouse thriller, is available to pre-order now!