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Author: Bowling, Nicholas
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Published on 9 November 2023 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 304 pages
128 x 198 x 23 | 228g
A mesmerising Gothic mystery from Costa Award-shortlisted
author Nicholas Bowling.
'Nicholas Bowling is a thrilling writer' THE
TELEGRAPH
To the horror of young gravedigger, Ned, bodysnatchers have been
visiting his churchyard in the dead of night. Until now, he'd
been daydreaming about another visitor daughter of the manor,
Obedience Wellrest.
But sixteen-year-old Obedience has troubles of her own: her loving
but overbearing father, and his wish to see her married to a
rich man of science, Phineas Mordaunt.
When Mordaunt starts to poke his nose into her family history
in particular, the ruinous research of late Uncle Herbert
Obedience enters into a dangerous game with Death, and Ned
might be the only person who can save her
A mesmerising tale of magic, death and science, wrapped
up in a delicious Gothic mystery
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell meets Dangerous
Remedy for young adult readers
From highly acclaimed Costa Award-shortlisted author,
Nicholas Bowling
