Thirteenth Tale, The

Thirteenth Tale, The
Diane Setterfield
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 480pg
5 Sep 2019 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781409192954
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Vida Winter, a bestselling yet reclusive novelist, has created many outlandish life histories for herself, all of them invention. Now old and ailing, at last she wants to tell the truth about her extraordinary life. Her letter to biographer Margaret Lea - a woman with secrets of her own - is a summons. Vida's tale is one of gothic strangeness featuring the Angelfield family: the beautiful and wilful Isabelle and the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline. Margaret succumbs to the power of Vida's storytelling, but as a biographer she deals in fact not fiction and she doesn't trust Vida's account. As she begins her researches, two parallel stories unfold. Join Margaret as
"A fireside mystery with all the grisly trimmings" -- Catherine Shoard Evening Standard "This surprise bestseller is an enjoyably windswept story of incest, unnatural love and northern nastiness" -- Emma Hagestadt INDEPENDENT "highly accomplished...intriguing twists galore" -- Katie Owen Daily Telegraph "a captivating read" FIRST "A firesdie mystery with all the grisly trimmings" LONDON LITE "An involving and engrossing tale full of twists and turns...hard to put down!" My Weekly "riveting from start to finish" THE LADY
Diane Setterfield is in her early forties. Having spent time in France, she now lives in Harrogate. THE THIRTEENTH TALE is her first novel.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781409192954
Published: 5 Sep 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Orion Publishing
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 480

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