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ISBN:
9781526616647
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" 'Sumptuous ... If you're feeling bereft after finishing The Mirror and the Light , let Jago transport you to the Jacobean court' Telegraph'A bravura historical debut ... a gloriously immersive escape' Guardian- Frances Howard has beauty and a powerful family – and is the most unhappy creature in the world. Anne Turner has wit and talent – but no stage on which to display them. Little stands between her and the abyss of destitution. When these two very different women meet in the strangest of circumstances, a powerful friendship is sparked. Frankie sweeps Anne into a world of splendour that exceeds all she imagined: a Court whose foreign king is a stranger to his own subjects,where ancient families fight for power, and where the sovereign's favourite may rise and rise – so long as he remains in favour. With the marriage of their talents, Anne and Frankie enter this extravagant, savage hunting ground, seeking a little happiness for themselves. But as they gain notice, they also gain enemies,what began as a search for love and safety leads to desperate acts that could cost them everything.Based on the true scandal that rocked the court of James I, A Net for Small Fishesis the most gripping novel you'll read this year: an exhilarating dive into the pitch-dark waters of the Jacobean court. - 'Full of colour and intrigue ... Historical fiction at its scintillating best and most filmic' Susan Elderkin 'The Thelma and Louise of the seventeenth century ... Gut-wrenching' Lawrence Norfolk 'Terrific, rich in colour, character, place and time' Sarah Dunant 'A fabulous book. Frankie and Anne's world is not just brilliantly evoked but brilliantly sustained' Andrew Miller 'Dazzling' Sunday Independent "
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Biographisches: "Lucy Jago is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction and Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund. Her first book, The Northern Lights, won the National Biography prize and has been translated into eight languages. She was awarded a Double First Class Honours Degree from King's College, University of Cambridge, and a master's degree from the Courtauld Institute, London. She lives in Somerset. lucyjago.com" Rezension(2): "Daily Telegraph:Sumptuous ... If you're feeling bereft after finishing The Mirror and the Light , let Jago transport you back to the Jacobean court" Rezension(3): "Sunday Times, Book of the Month:Riveting ... In a narrative that brims over with colour and invention, Jago summons up Jacobean London with enormous persuasiveness" Rezension(4): "Mail on Sunday:Jago's thrilling debut is a sumptuous feast of plotting and intrigue at the court of King James, with a feminist slant ... A classic historical novel, classily executed" Rezension(5): "Irish Times:A sensuous evocation of 17th-century noble shenanigans. Jago offers a timely lens through which to reconsider power dynamics in Jacobean England ... Seamless and stylish ... Set in 1609, 69 years after the Mantel trilogy concludes, so those mourning Cromwell may find much to scintillate here" Rezension(6): "Sunday Express:What a tale! Rich in intrigue and incident ... A Net For Small Fishes is wonderfully dramatic and movingly tragic. With a wealth of detail on every atmospheric page, as the charismatic, flawed figures of Anne and Frankie try to live and love in the cesspit of a royal court, this is historical fiction at its immersive, intriguing best" Rezension(7): "Sainsbury's Magazine:Hike up your Jacobean skirts for a romp through the corridors of courtly power ... A perfect winter's tale" Rezension(8): "independent.co.uk:A historical gem" Rezension(9): "Tatler, 8 best books of the year so far:A magnificent reimagining of a scandal in the Jacobean court ... Masques, machinations and murder ensue, as well as affairs, gorgeously described clothes and a dangerous friendship" Rezension(10): "Living Magazine:Brings the early seventeenth century brilliantly to life ... Riven with colour and detail" Rezension(11): "Woman's Way:The attention to detail is wonderful. A really, really great book so early in 2021" Rezension(12): "Lunate.co.uk:Unflinching ... She lays bare the corruption of the Jacobean court, her sharp prose illuminating its dark corners and the complexities of her subject matter"
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