SALE ON NOW! PROMOTIONS
Born in 1960, David Taylor is a novelist, critic and acclaimed biographer of William Thackeray and George Orwell. His Orwell: The Life won the Whitbread Biography of the Year for 2003. He is married and lives in Norwich
A gripping tale, crafted with passion, and intelligence, and an honourable addendum to the golden age of the English novel -- Simon Baker New Statesman A genuinely fascinating reading experience... a pageturner of the highest order. It is a genuine mystery - not a simple whodunnit but a constant revelation of a complex and tight-knit plot -- Philippa Gregory The Times He has a faultless ear for the varied nuances of mid-Victorian English... [and] takes a wicked pleasure in creating a dense underlay of references, a blend of historical fact and other authors' fiction which lies beneath his narrative and occasionally erupts into it... clever and hugely readable -- Andrew Taylor Independent Taylor's skill ensures the book never loses its grip... hugely enjoyable, this is by-the-fireside-reading, and no mistake; Conan Doyle, Dickens and Wilkie Collins knew how to do it, and Taylor has learned his lesson well... a great read. It intrigues, diverts and delights. It is clever and intricate and huge fun -- Susan Hill Guardian Taylor is marking out a territory as distinct and disturbing as Greeneland, with the same imperative towards moral inquisition and a flatlands melancholy that is all his own -- Hilary Mantel Sunday Times
