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the goddess and the thief
[Paperback - 2014]
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Category: Fiction
Sub-category: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Orion Uk | ISBN: 9781409146209 | Pages: 336
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A fabulous foray into a shadowy Victorian world WOMAN&&HOME

A beguiling novel of Victorian theft and obsession from the bestselling author of THE SOMNAMBULIST.

Uprooted from her home in India, Alice is raised by her aunt, a spiritualist medium in Windsor. When the mysterious Mr Tilsbury enters their lives, Alice is drawn into a plot to steal the priceless Koh-i-Noor diamond, claimed by the British Empire at the end of the Anglo-Sikh wars.

Said to be both blessed and cursed, the sacred Indian stone exerts its power over all who encounter it: a handsome deposed maharajah determined to claim his rightful throne, a man hell-bent on discovering the secrets of eternity, and a widowed queen who hopes the jewel can draw her husband s spirit back. In the midst of all this madness, Alice must discover a way to regain control of her life and fate...

An obvious comparison is with early Sarah Waters GUARDIAN

Essie Fox divides her time between Windsor and Bow in the East End of London. Her debut novel, The Somnambulist, was selected for the Channel 4 Book Club and was shortlisted in the New Writer of the Year category of the 2012 National Book Awards.

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