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The Flight of Sarah Battle
Alix Nathan
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Description for The Flight of Sarah Battle
Paperback. The Flight of Sarah Battle is set in the turbulent last decade of the eighteenth century in a London where riot constantly rumbles and Bartholomew Fair entertains, and against the promises and excitement of Philadelphia, where new building, hope and a democracy not quite fully realised are shadowed by the terrible threat of fever and war. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 240.
Born in her father's coffee house in Change Alley, London, Sarah Battle is raised in a smoke-thick atmosphere of coffee and alcohol. Witnessing and suffering from the destruction of the Gordon Riots in 1780, she longs to escape her surroundings into a better life. Her first attempt is via marriage to a man who's not what she thinks he is. Her second sees her in the new, promising, democratic world of late 1790s Philadelphia where she experiences deep love and warm friendship. Meanwhile, not far from Battle's, lives Joseph Young, a highly talented, depressive engraver who picks up Lucy, a ... Read more
Born in her father's coffee house in Change Alley, London, Sarah Battle is raised in a smoke-thick atmosphere of coffee and alcohol. Witnessing and suffering from the destruction of the Gordon Riots in 1780, she longs to escape her surroundings into a better life. Her first attempt is via marriage to a man who's not what she thinks he is. Her second sees her in the new, promising, democratic world of late 1790s Philadelphia where she experiences deep love and warm friendship. Meanwhile, not far from Battle's, lives Joseph Young, a highly talented, depressive engraver who picks up Lucy, a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910409602
SKU
V9781910409602
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-41
About Alix Nathan
Alix Nathan was born in London and educated there and at York University where she read English and Music. She now lives in the Welsh Marches where she owns some ancient woodland. She has published many short stories and her debut collection His Last Fire was published by Parthian in 2014. She has recently completed another novel, Into the Depths. ... Read more
Reviews for The Flight of Sarah Battle
"This is the best kind of historical fiction: the past is freshly and energetically reimagined...[Alix Nathan] cuts against cliche, against the received version, against cosiness. She leaves her reader restless, curious, wanting more. She is an original, with a virtuoso touch." Hilary Mantel "From free indirect discourse to wonderful imagery, Nathan lends her stories and creations a refreshing immediacy all ... Read more