The Resource Savage magic, Lloyd Shepherd
Savage magic, Lloyd Shepherd
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The item Savage magic, Lloyd Shepherd represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Savage magic, Lloyd Shepherd represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- It's 1814 and the streets of London's Covent Garden are at the centre of a dark trade, enticing rich and poor alike with a cocktail of gin and beer and sex. Behind their own fashionable private doors in the surrounding parishes a group of aristocratic young men are found murdered, all of them wearing the mask of a satyr, all of them behind locked doors with no signs of entry. Constable Charles Horton's investigation into these violent crimes begins, quite by chance, at Thorpe Lee House in Surrey, where accusations of witchcraft have swept the village. What connects these broken London men, savage with the pursuit of pleasure, and a country village awash with folklore and talk of burning witches? The answers lie, yet again, under lock and key, in a madhouse for the deranged, where Horton's wife Abigail seeks refuge from her disordered mind. In this world of witchcraft and madhouses, whores and aristocrats, it's a savage magic indeed that holds its victims in its thrall. Lloyd Shepherd's most ambitious novel to date is a triumph of the imagination. His rich cast of characters weaves a hugely satisfying story of depth, insight and exquisite drama
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Savage magic
- Title
- Savage magic
- Statement of responsibility
- Lloyd Shepherd
- Subject
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- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Murder -- Fiction
- Asylums -- Fiction
- Police -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Harriott, John, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Witchcraft -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Horton, Charles, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 -- Fiction
- trueSuspense fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- It's 1814 and the streets of London's Covent Garden are at the centre of a dark trade, enticing rich and poor alike with a cocktail of gin and beer and sex. Behind their own fashionable private doors in the surrounding parishes a group of aristocratic young men are found murdered, all of them wearing the mask of a satyr, all of them behind locked doors with no signs of entry. Constable Charles Horton's investigation into these violent crimes begins, quite by chance, at Thorpe Lee House in Surrey, where accusations of witchcraft have swept the village. What connects these broken London men, savage with the pursuit of pleasure, and a country village awash with folklore and talk of burning witches? The answers lie, yet again, under lock and key, in a madhouse for the deranged, where Horton's wife Abigail seeks refuge from her disordered mind. In this world of witchcraft and madhouses, whores and aristocrats, it's a savage magic indeed that holds its victims in its thrall. Lloyd Shepherd's most ambitious novel to date is a triumph of the imagination. His rich cast of characters weaves a hugely satisfying story of depth, insight and exquisite drama
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shepherd, Lloyd
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Charles Horton & John Harriott
- Series volume
- 3
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Horton, Charles
- Harriott, John
- Police
- Asylums
- Murder
- Witchcraft
- London (England)
- London (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Savage magic, Lloyd Shepherd
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000053422606
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 418 pages
- Isbn
- 9781471136078
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Label
- Savage magic, Lloyd Shepherd
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000053422606
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- 418 pages
- Isbn
- 9781471136078
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
Subject
- Asylums -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Harriott, John, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Horton, Charles, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 -- Fiction
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Murder -- Fiction
- Police -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueSuspense fiction
- Witchcraft -- Fiction
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