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ISBN-10: 0375701311
ISBN-13: 9780375701313
Publisher: Vintage
Publish Date: 05/14/2002
Dimensions: 8.06" L, 5.08" W, 0.81" H

Martha Peake: A Novel of the Revolution

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Overview

When Ambrose Tree is summoned by his ancient uncle to the brooding mansion Drogo Hall, he suspects it’s to hear the old man’s dying words and then collect a sizable inheritance. He has no idea he is about to learn the bizarre story of Harry Peake, Cornish smuggler turned poet who became a monster capable of the most horrifying acts. Or that he’s about to become psychologically enmeshed in the riveting life of Harry’s daughter, Martha, who flees her father for colonial America where she becomes a heroic figure in the revolution against England. Or that he himself has a crucial role to play in this mesmerizing tale as it rushes headlong and hauntingly toward its powerful climax. Martha Peake is a spellbinding alloy of Gothic mystery and historical romance.

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"An uncommon storyteller . . . . McGrath demonstrates his trademark ability to probe the layers of the human psyche." -San Francisco Chronicle

"Unputdownable." -The Washington Post

"A sweeping mytho-historical novel par excellence . . . ." -Minneapolis Star Tribune

"[Martha Peake] has rare qualities of power and urgency. . . . [Readers] are carried along by the eloquence and the energy and the brilliantly managed narrative pace." -The New York Times Book Review

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ISBN-10: 0375701311
ISBN-13: 9780375701313
Publisher: Vintage
Publish Date: 05/14/2002
Dimensions: 8.06" L, 5.08" W, 0.81" H
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