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'Michael Hughes writes like a brilliant cross between David Mitchell and Hilary Mantel' Toby Litt

In 1999 a programmer is trying to fix the millennium bug, but can't shake the sense he's been chosen for something.

In 1888 five women are brutally murdered in the East End by a troubled young man in thrall to a mysterious master.

In 1777 an apprentice engraver called William Blake has a defining spiritual experience; thirteen years later this vision returns.

And in 1666 poet and revolutionary John Milton completes the epic for which he will be remembered centuries later.

But where does the feeling come from that the world is about to end?

The Countenance Divine

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'Michael Hughes writes like a brilliant cross between David Mitchell and Hilary Mantel' Toby LittIn 1999 a programmer is trying... Read more

    Publisher: John Murray Press
    Publication Date: 06/04/2017
    ISBN13: 9781473636514, 978-1473636514
    ISBN10: 1473636515

    Number of Pages: 304

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    'Michael Hughes writes like a brilliant cross between David Mitchell and Hilary Mantel' Toby Litt

    In 1999 a programmer is trying to fix the millennium bug, but can't shake the sense he's been chosen for something.

    In 1888 five women are brutally murdered in the East End by a troubled young man in thrall to a mysterious master.

    In 1777 an apprentice engraver called William Blake has a defining spiritual experience; thirteen years later this vision returns.

    And in 1666 poet and revolutionary John Milton completes the epic for which he will be remembered centuries later.

    But where does the feeling come from that the world is about to end?

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