The Specimen
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The Specimen

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  2. English
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The Specimen

About this book

The year is 1859. Edward Scales is a businessman, a butterfly collector, a respectable man. He is the man Gwen Carrick fell in love with.

Gwen Carrick first meets Edward Scales on a windswept beach in Cornwall. The spark is instant and the couple begin to forge a future together. Seven years on, Gwen's world has fallen apart and she finds herself in the docks at the Old Bailey, charged with Edward's murder.

Could Gwen Carrick really murder the man she loved? From country house drawing rooms to the rainforests of Brazil, The Specimen explores the price one independent young woman might pay for wanting an unorthodox life.

Set in a Victorian world battling between the forces of spiritualism and Darwinism, polite society and the call of clandestine love, Gwen and Edward's tale is a gripping melodrama, a romance and a murder mystery that will compel readers to its final thrilling page.

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Information

Publisher
Canongate Books
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780857867148
eBook ISBN
9780857867155
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Part I
  6. Prelude
  7. SEVEN YEARS EARLIER
  8. Chapter I
  9. Chapter II
  10. Chapter III
  11. Chapter IV
  12. Chapter V
  13. Chapter VI
  14. Chapter VII
  15. Chapter VIII
  16. Chapter IX
  17. Chapter X
  18. Chapter XI
  19. Chapter XII
  20. Chapter XIII
  21. Chapter XIV
  22. Chapter XV
  23. Chapter XVI
  24. Chapter XVII
  25. Chapter XVIII
  26. Chapter XIX
  27. Chapter XX
  28. Part II
  29. Chapter XXI
  30. Chapter XXII
  31. Chapter XXIII
  32. Chapter XXIV
  33. Chapter XXV
  34. Chapter XXVI
  35. Chapter XXVII
  36. Chapter XXVIII
  37. Chapter XXIX
  38. Chapter XXX
  39. Chapter XXXI
  40. Chapter XXXII
  41. Chapter XXXIII
  42. Chapter XXXIV
  43. Chapter XXXV
  44. Chapter XXXVI
  45. Chapter XXXVII
  46. Chapter XXXVIII
  47. Chapter XXXIX
  48. Chapter XL
  49. Chapter XLI
  50. Chapter XLII
  51. Chapter XLIII
  52. Chapter XLIV
  53. Chapter XLV
  54. Chapter XLVI
  55. Chapter XLVII
  56. Part III
  57. Chapter XLVIII
  58. Chapter XLIX
  59. Chapter L
  60. Chapter LI
  61. Chapter LII
  62. Chapter LIII
  63. Chapter LIV
  64. Chapter LV
  65. Chapter LVI
  66. Chapter LVII
  67. Chapter LVIII
  68. Chapter LIX
  69. Chapter LX
  70. Chapter LXI
  71. Chapter LXII

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