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| Verlag | Bloomsbury Trade |
| Auflage | 2022 |
| Seiten | 448 |
| Format | 13 x 3 x 20 cm |
| Gewicht | 307 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781526623157 |
| Bestell-Nr | 52662315UA |
Would you change the past to save the future - if it meant losing those you love most? An enthralling, epic, unforgettable time-slip story from the Sunday Times bestselling author, that takes us from French-occupied London to a remote Scottish lighthouse and the heat of a naval battle that holds the difference between one future and another.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWNLONGLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION 2021 BEST NOVELFor fans of Matt Haig, Stuart Turton and Bridget Collins comes a sweeping historical adventure from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street'Original, joyous and horrifying, The Kingdoms is an awe-inspiring feat of imagination and passion which had me in tears by the end' - Catriona WardCome home, if you rememberThe postcard has been held at the sorting office for ninety-one years, waiting to be delivered to Joe Tournier. On the front is a lighthouse - Eilean Mor, in the Outer Hebrides.Joe has never left England, never even left London. He is a British slave, one of thousands throughout the French Empire. He has a job, a wife, a baby daughter.But he also has flashes of a life he cannot remember and of a world that never existed - a world where English is spoken in England, and not French.And now he has a postcard of a lighthouse built just six mon ths ago, that was first written nearly one hundred years ago, by a stranger who seems to know him very well. Joe's journey to unravel the truth will take him from French-occupied London to a remote Scottish island, and back through time itself as he battles for his life - and for a very different future.
Rezension:
A twisty time-travelling tale ... Pulley's deft characterisation sucks the reader into what is a very human story of searching for a sense of belonging Independent