The Devil's Paintbrush
(Sprache: Englisch)
A fascinating, unusual and seductive historical novel by the bestselling author of The Long Firm.
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A fascinating, unusual and seductive historical novel by the bestselling author of The Long Firm.
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A fascinating, unusual and seductive historical novel by the bestselling author of The Long Firm.In a Parisian restaurant, Aleister Crowley, the notorious occultist, chances on Major-General Sir Hector Macdonald: once one of the greatest heroes of the British Empire, now facing ruin in a shocking scandal - and vulnerable to Crowley's curious offer of help. An extraordinary night of transgression and revelation ensues . . .
Probing beneath the surface of Victorian conformity, this is an enthralling tale of imperialism, sexuality and the nature of belief, which captures a world on the brink of a brutal new era.
Autoren-Porträt von Jake Arnott
Jake Arnott, geb. 1961, lebt in London.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jake Arnott
- 2010, 304 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 19,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN-10: 0340922710
- ISBN-13: 9780340922712
Sprache:
Englisch
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Brilliantly expansive and original -- Daily Mirror A consummate performance...a virtuoso work of near history, with the occasional in-joke thrown in for good measure...immensely enjoyable -- Guardian One of the many pleasures of this skilful book is the maintenance of suspense...Arnott does not ask us to choose between [Crowley and Macdonald] - but much of the moral force of this excellent book lies in his demonstration that there is, nonetheless, a choice to be made. -- Independent A great read, full of compassion, humour and riveting detail. -- Sunday Express Arnott's great leap forward...Macdonald's predicament is sympathetically examined and Crowley's monstrous drive is brilliantly rendered...it is his best [novel] -- The Herald Arnott is clearly having fun here...So to combine that with how the necessity to be good - to be a hero - can be as suffocating a pressure as battling with occultist demons makes The Devil's Paintbrush a fine book -- Metro
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