The Skull and the Nightingale

Michael Irwin’s The Skull and the Nightingale is a chilling and deliciously dark, literary novel of manipulation and sex, intrigue and seduction, set in 18th-century England. When Richard Fenwick returns to London, his wealthy godfather, James Gilbert, has an unexpected proposition. Gilbert has led a sedate life in Worcestershire, but feels the urge to experience, even vicariously, the extremes of human feeling: love, passion, and something much more sinister. It becomes apparent that Gilbert desires news filled with tales of carousing, flirtation, excess, and London’s more salacious side. But Gilbert’s elaborate and manipulative “experiments” into the workings of human behavior soon drag Richard into a Faustian vortex of betrayal and danger where lives are ruined and tragedy is only a step away. With echoes of Dangerous Liaisons, Michael Irwin’s The Skull and the Nightingale is an urgent period drama that seduces the senses.

Michael Irwin

Harpercollins

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-08-29 Pages: 496 Language: English Set in England in the early 1760s. this is a chilling and deliciously dark tale of manipulation. sex. and seduction.When Richard Fenwick. a young man without family or means. returns to London from the Grand Tour. his wealthy godfather. James Gilbert. has an unexpected proposition. Gilbert has led a fastidious life in Worcestershire. but now in his advancing years. he feels the urge to experience. even vicariously. the extremes of human feeling-love and passion. adultery and deceit-along with something much more sinister. He has selected Fenwick to be his proxy. and his ward has no option but to accept.But Gilbert's elaborate and manipulative experiments into the workings of human behaviour drag Fenwick into a vortex of betrayal and danger where lives are ruined and tragedy is always one small step away And when Fe...

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The Skull and the Nightingale

The Skull and the Nightingale

Reading Hardy's Landscapes

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