Magpie Hall
Author: King, Rachael
ISBN: 9781869792886
Publisher: RH NZ VINTAGE
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 272
Dimensions: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A gripping and powerful new novel from the author of best-selling The Sound of Butterflies.
"There were two rumours surrounding my great-great-grandfather Henry Summers- one, that his cabinet of curiosities drove him mad; and, two, that he murdered his first wife."Rosemary Summers is an amateur taxidermist and a passionate collector of tattoos. To her, both activities honour the deceased and keep their memory alive. After the death of her beloved grandfather, and while struggling to finish her thesis on gothic Victorian novels, she returns alone to Magpie Hall to claim her inheritance- Grandpa's own taxidermy collection, started more than 100 years ago by their ancestor Henry Summers. As she sorts through Henry's legacy, the ghosts of her family's past begin to make their presence known.
ISBN: 9781869792886
Publisher: RH NZ VINTAGE
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 272
Dimensions: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A gripping and powerful new novel from the author of best-selling The Sound of Butterflies.
"There were two rumours surrounding my great-great-grandfather Henry Summers- one, that his cabinet of curiosities drove him mad; and, two, that he murdered his first wife."Rosemary Summers is an amateur taxidermist and a passionate collector of tattoos. To her, both activities honour the deceased and keep their memory alive. After the death of her beloved grandfather, and while struggling to finish her thesis on gothic Victorian novels, she returns alone to Magpie Hall to claim her inheritance- Grandpa's own taxidermy collection, started more than 100 years ago by their ancestor Henry Summers. As she sorts through Henry's legacy, the ghosts of her family's past begin to make their presence known.
