Drood

English

ISBN: 0316120618

EAN: 9780316120616

Category: Fiction / Historical/Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General/Fiction / Biographical/

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Limited

Release Date: 12/28/2010

Synopsis: On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens--at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world--hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever.? Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying? Just as he did inThe Terror, Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the?historical details of Charles Dickenss life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickenss friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), DROOD explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous authors last years and may provide the key to Dickenss final,?unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood.? Chilling, haunting,?and utterly original, DROOD is Dan Simmons at his powerful best.

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Drood

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.75 inches

Width: 4.25 inches

Length: 7.5 inches

Weight: 17.81 oz

Pages: 976