Set in London in 1837, Anna Mazzola's THE UNSEEING is the story of Sarah Gale, a seamstress and mother, sentenced to hang for her role in the murder of Hannah Brown on the eve of her wedding. Perfect for any reader of Sarah Waters or Antonia Hodgson.
'A twisting tale of family secrets and unacknowledged desires. Intricately plotted and extremely convincing in its evocation of the everyday realities of 1830s London, this is a fine first novel' - The Sunday Times
After Sarah petitions for mercy, Edmund Fleetwood is appointed to investigate and consider whether justice has been done. Idealistic, but struggling with his own demons, Edmund is determined to seek out the truth. Yet Sarah refuses to help him, neither lying nor adding anything to the evidence gathered in court. Edmund knows she's hiding something, but needs to discover just why she's maintaining her silence. For how can it be that someone would willingly go to their own death?
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781472234735
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 616 g
Dimensions: 240 x 159 x 33 mm
“A gripping Victorian tale”
Paperback edition
by Emma at Bedford
I love Victorian fiction, particularly if it involves crime or wrongfully incarcerated women and ‘The Unseeing’ grabbed me right from the first...
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I love Victorian fiction, particularly if it involves crime or wrongfully incarcerated women and ‘The Unseeing’ grabbed me right from the first page. The writing is wonderfully descriptive – Anna Mazzola’s writing... More
As debut novels go this is something rather special. Anna Mazzola with The Unseeing has managed to create a story which is based on an actual true story. From the moment you pick this book up with its eerie eye in the... More
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