Broken Bodies

Broken Bodies

by SallyEmerson (Author)

Synopsis

Patrick Browning first sees Anne Fitzgerald in the British Museum, her head tilted, watching the beautiful frozen stone bodies of the Elgin Marbles. Both are young historians, and both have been drawn to research the same subject: Mary Nisbet, the notorious wife of Lord Elgin. Anne thinks the present is thin and frightening, but finds the past compelling; Patrick's lover claims he likes life at one remove, preferring the woman in a book to one in real life. But before long, their research spills over into an all too real rivalry, a rivalry charged with tension and attraction - a rivalry which twists their own, scarred love affairs to breaking point ...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 05 Sep 2002

ISBN 10: 0349115125
ISBN 13: 9780349115122

Media Reviews
'Read it quickly; savour it at your leisure' Allan Massie The Scotsman * 'It has echoes of early Murdoch, at her most crystalline, or Durrell without the ornateness.' Fay Weldon The Times * 'It keeps you gripped, compelling you to continue reading to the last page.' New Statesman * '.a serious class act. the ending is wonderful, unexpected and perfect.' Sunday Express
Author Bio
Sally Emerson is the author of several novels, including FIRECHILD, SECOND SIGHT and HEAT.