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God has abandoned the world.

Perfect for fans of Susanna Clarke and Andrew Taylor!

A country in flames.

1791. The age of belief and superstition is passing. A new light dawns. In Paris, revolution threatens to set the world ablaze.

But whose hand stokes the fire?

Across the sea in England, Thomas Peach lives in quiet retirement. Some call him a magician, others a madman. But when his friend the poetess Arabella Farthingay falls prey to a sinister seducer, Mr Peach''s fading powers are called on once more.

He follows her to France - and into a world where reason contends with terror, brotherhood with bloodshed, and the last remnants of faith with the oldest enemy of them all...

Praise for Jas Treadwell:


''Treadwell''s book is a magnificent pastiche of 18th-century fiction''
The Sunday Times

''Tristram Shandy meets Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

A Fire Beneath the World

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      Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
      Publication Date: 1/8/2024
      ISBN13: 9781529347371, 978-1529347371
      ISBN10: 1529347378

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      God has abandoned the world.

      Perfect for fans of Susanna Clarke and Andrew Taylor!

      A country in flames.

      1791. The age of belief and superstition is passing. A new light dawns. In Paris, revolution threatens to set the world ablaze.

      But whose hand stokes the fire?

      Across the sea in England, Thomas Peach lives in quiet retirement. Some call him a magician, others a madman. But when his friend the poetess Arabella Farthingay falls prey to a sinister seducer, Mr Peach''s fading powers are called on once more.

      He follows her to France - and into a world where reason contends with terror, brotherhood with bloodshed, and the last remnants of faith with the oldest enemy of them all...

      Praise for Jas Treadwell:


      ''Treadwell''s book is a magnificent pastiche of 18th-century fiction''
      The Sunday Times

      ''Tristram Shandy meets Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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