Ein altmodischer Engel aus Stein und eine extravagante Urne. Die Verkettung tragischer Ereignisse und eine junge Frau, die gegen die Zwänge der viktorianischen Zeit rebelliert. Wie schon in ihrem internationalen Erfolgsroman "Das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrring" zeichnet Tracy Chevalier das atmosphärische Bild einer vergangenen Epoche und verleiht ihren Figuren eine sinnliche Lebendigkeit.

Informationen zum Autor Tracy Chevalier is the author of eleven novels, including A Single Thread , Remarkable Creatures and Girl with a Pearl Earring , an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and been made into a film, a play and an opera. Born in Washington DC, she moved to the United Kingdom in 1986. She and her husband divide their time between London and Dorset. Klappentext 'Vividly imagined' Sunday Telegraph 'Sex and death meet again in [a] marvellous evocation of Edwardian England' Daily Mail The girl reminded me of my favourite chocolates, whipped hazelnut creams, and I knew just from looking at her that I wanted her for my best friend. Queen Victoria is dead. In January 1901, the day after her passing, two very different families visit neighbouring graves in a London cemetery. The traditional Waterhouses revere the late Queen where the Colemans have a more modern outlook, but both families are appalled by the friendship that springs up between their respective daughters. As the girls grow up, their world changes almost beyond measure: cars are replacing horses, electric lighting is taking over from gas, and emancipation is fast approaching, to the delight of some and the dismay of others... Zusammenfassung 'Vividly imagined' Sunday Telegraph 'Sex and death meet again in [a] marvellous evocation of Edwardian England' Daily Mail

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Tracy Chevalier is the author of eleven novels, including A Single Thread, Remarkable Creatures and Girl with a Pearl Earring, an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and been made into a film, a play and an opera. Born in Washington DC, she moved to the United Kingdom in 1986. She and her husband divide their time between London and Dorset.

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'Vividly imagined' Sunday Telegraph

'Sex and death meet again in [a] marvellous evocation of Edwardian England' Daily Mail

The girl reminded me of my favourite chocolates, whipped hazelnut creams, and I knew just from looking at her that I wanted her for my best friend.

Queen Victoria is dead. In January 1901, the day after her passing, two very different families visit neighbouring graves in a London cemetery. The traditional Waterhouses revere the late Queen where the Colemans have a more modern outlook, but both families are appalled by the friendship that springs up between their respective daughters.

As the girls grow up, their world changes almost beyond measure: cars are replacing horses, electric lighting is taking over from gas, and emancipation is fast approaching, to the delight of some and the dismay of others...

Zusammenfassung
'Vividly imagined' Sunday Telegraph 'Sex and death meet again in [a] marvellous evocation of Edwardian England' Daily Mail