A Book of Secrets
$23.18
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
25 March 2021
Summary
A Book of Secrets is the story of a woman named Susan Charlewood living in Elizabethan England. Born in what is now Ghana, Susan is enslaved by the Portuguese but later rescued by British sailors, who bring her to England. Once in England, she is raised and educated in an English Catholic household.
When Susan comes of age, the family marry her off to an older Catholic man, John Charlewood. Charlewood runs a printing press and uses it to supply the Papist nobility with illega…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913090678 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913090671 |
| Author: | Kate Morrison |
| Publisher: | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Imprint: | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 25 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Jacaranda |
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About The Author
Kate Morrison
Kate Morrison is a British debut novelist. She studied English Literature at New Hall College, Cambridge and has worked as a journalist and a press officer. Morrison was mentored by Ros Barber, the award-winning author of The Marlowe Papers and Devotion. She was a visiting scholar with the Book, Text, and Place 1500-1700 Research Centre at Bath Spa University. Her short story “Sam Brown” won second prize in the 2011 Asham Award and is in the Asham Award Anthology, Something was There. A Book of Secrets was longlisted for the Mslexia Unpublished Novel Award in 2015. Kate Morrison currently lives in Bristol with her family.
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