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Imprint: Chatto & Windus
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Published: 10/09/2020
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ISBN: 9781784743314
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Length: 368 Pages
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Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm x 153mm
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Weight: 446g
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RRP: £18.99
'A hell of a read... more absorbing than most fiction I've read this year' Sunday Times
She was 'The Angel of the Baths', the one woman whose touch everybody yearned for. Yet she would do more. She was certain of that.
In the city of Bath, in the year 1865, an extraordinary young woman renowned for her nursing skills is convinced that some other destiny will one day show itself to her. But when she finds herself torn between a dangerous affair with a female lover and the promise of a conventional marriage to an apparently respectable doctor, her desires begin to lead her towards a future she had never imagined.
Islands of Mercy is a novel that ignites the senses, and is a bold exploration of the human urge to seek places of sanctuary in a pitiless world.
'One of our most accomplished novelists' Observer
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Imprint: Chatto & Windus
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Published: 10/09/2020
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ISBN: 9781784743314
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Length: 368 Pages
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Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm x 153mm
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Weight: 446g
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RRP: £18.99
Reviews
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A hell of a read - so emotionally sophisticated, so deft with shade and light, more absorbing than most fiction I've read this year
Johanna Thomas-Corr, Sunday Times
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Terrific
Louise Carpenter, The Times
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Another gratifyingly well-put-together work... Tremain's long sentences brim with a poised positivity...[and] add lightness to her fond depictions of these imperfect strivers
Francesca Carington, Sunday Telegraph, *Novel of the Week*
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Subtle, illuminating and captivating
Eithne Farry, Mail on Sunday
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A moving exploration of love and the sacrifices we're willing to make in its name
Good Housekeeping
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Over a distinguished literary career, Rose Tremain has traversed genres with her customary flair... in her portrayal of the ways in which individual longing and frustration unfold against the constraints of forces beyond our control, Tremain has long been one of our most accomplished novelists, and here is further confirmation
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer
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An exhilarating exploration of love, life, loss and death... A thrilling and seductive story... Vivid and beguiling
Rowan Mantell, Eastern Daily Press
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Rose Tremain gives Hilary Mantel a run for her money for the title of Britain's greatest living historical novelist... there are still few writers who can conjure up a version of the past that is so startlingly unfamiliar yet so convincing
Charlotte Heathcote, Sunday Express
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An enjoyable page-turner
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, The Times
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A new book from Rose Tremain is always a cause for celebration. Her exceptionally well-crafted and deeply humane historical novels are invariably a joy and Islands of Mercy is no exception... A rich, rewarding and highly satisfying novel from one of our finest novelists.
Daunt Books
