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The taxidermist's daughter / Kate Mosse.
Sussex, 1912. In a churchyard, villagers gather on the night when the ghosts of those who will die in the coming year are thought to be seen. Here, where the estuary leads out to the sea, superstitions still hold sway. Standing alone is the taxidermist's daughter. At seventeen, Constantia Gifford lives with her father in a decaying house: it is all that is left of Gifford's once world-famous museum of taxidermy. The stuffed animals that used to grace every parlour are out of fashion, leaving Gifford a disgraced and bitter man. The bell begins to toll and all eyes are fixed on the church. No one sees the gloved hand pick up a flint. As the last notes fade into the dark, a woman lies dead.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781409153757 (hc.) :
- Physical Description: 409 pages : map ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: London : Orion, 2014, ©2014.
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| Subject: | Taxidermists > Fiction Superstition > Fiction. Sussex (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Suspense fiction. Historical mystery fiction. Gothic fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Radium Hot Springs Public Library | FIC MOS (Text) | 35130000031397 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
