{"product_id":"birdcage-walk-9780099592761","title":"Birdcage Walk","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Quietly brilliant ... among the best fiction of our time.'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The finest novel Dunmore has written.'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Superb and poignant.'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1792 and Europe is seized by political turmoil and violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLizzie Fawkes has grown up in Radical circles where each step of the French Revolution is followed with eager idealism. But she has recently married John Diner Tredevant, a property developer who is heavily invested in Bristol''s housing boom, and he has everything to lose from social upheaval and the prospect of war. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiner believes that Lizzie''s independent, questioning spirit must be coerced and subdued. She belongs to him: law and custom confirm it, and she must live as he wants. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as Diner''s passion for Lizzie darkens, she soon finds herself dangerously alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2018 Independent Bookse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the finest novel Helen Dunmore has written ... From the start, \u003ci\u003eBirdcage Walk\u003c\/i\u003e has the command of a thriller … The novel’s cast is marvellous and vivid … A novel that deserves to be cherished and to last. -- Kate Kellaway * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThis powerful novel is a fine final flourish from a gifted writer … The power Dunmore gives to lowly female lives is inescapably moving, their stories taking us on a remarkable journey into the visceral heart of the female experience in Georgian Britain … [Dunmore is] one of the bravest and most versatile writers of her generation … This fine, fiery novel will surely be remembered as one of her best. -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eLike many of Dunmore’s novels, \u003ci\u003eBirdcage Walk\u003c\/i\u003e defies categorisation ... a blend of beauty and horror evoked with such breath-taking poetry that it haunts me still ... she has an extraordinary gift for taking the ordinary and familiar and rendering them new. When Tredevant’s growing unpredictability once more tightens the narrative, forcing the story back into the ominous and unsettling territory where it first began, it is easy to see why [Dunmore] has earned a place among the finest writers of historical fiction working today. * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eHelen Dunmore’s quietly brilliant historical novels are among the best fiction of our time. -- Jake Kerridge * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA finely wrought psychological thriller … But it’s ultimately a novel about the ways in which we remember and, as such, a fitting contribution to Dunmore’s extraordinary legacy. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eElegant prose and brilliantly researched historical detail … a devastatingly good novel. * Sunday Express, S Magazine *\u003cbr\u003ePart psychological thriller, part poetic exhumation of the past, it’s a fiery, first-rate historical novel from an author who’ll be much missed * Mail on Sunday, Summer Reads *\u003cbr\u003eA firecracker of a historical murder mystery story with which to leave her many admirers * Guardian, Readers Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eDunmore is skilled at claiming the huge canvasses of history and painting upon them exquisitely detailed human tragedies … Every scene is saturated with vivid period detail but Dunmore’s touch is feather-light. -- Francesca Segal * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eA very good novel indeed * Scotsman, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eDunmore just writes so effortlessly. \u003ci\u003eBirdcage Walk\u003c\/i\u003e is a joy to read. * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eMarvellous … Dunmore has the ability to evoke a sense of place and to write passages of thrilling and disturbing action … Dunmore is a remarkable novelist who sets herself very different challenges in each new novel. She meets this one triumphantly. It will surely be a great and thoroughly deserved success. -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732323381591,"sku":"9780099592761","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099592761.jpg?v=1719996410","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/birdcage-walk-9780099592761","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}