The Nature of Monsters - Couverture souple

It is 1718 and, in a small parish near Newcastle, Eliza Tally, a headstrong girl of 15, embarks on a reckless love affair that will prove her undoing. When her lover casts her off, denying their union, she is forced to travel to London, a city that attracts and alarms her in equal measure. There she takes up a position in the house of an apothecary, Grayson Black, whom she trusts to salvage what remains of her reputation. From the highly-acclaimed author of The Great Stink comes a gloriously-written tale of consuming passions and obsessions. Set against the clamour and roar of eighteenth-century London, The Nature of Monsters brings vividly to life a world where the line separating science and madness is dangerously blurred, and where a single life counts for little in the relentless pursuit of progress.

PRAISE FOR THE GREAT STINK

"In rich Dickensian detail, Clark creates the whole city teeming with life and decay . . . It?s a gripping exploration of the unmentionable currents that run beneath the surface of our lives?and it reeks of talent."?THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

"A crackerjack historical novel that combines the creepy intrigue of Caleb Carr, the sensory overload of Peter Ackroyd and the academic curiosity of A. S. Byatt."?LOS ANGELES TIMES