James Miranda Barry: Reissued - Tapa blanda

Críticas

'A miracle of a book that is richly atmospheric and gains the murky excitement of a Victorian thriller' (Sunday Times)

'A marvellous work . . . superbly imagined and flamboyantly written' (Beryl Bainbridge)

'The finest literary historical novel since Rose Tremain's Restoration' (Time Out)

'A powerful atmospheric and highly original novel, full of extraordinary events. Her book is both a superb historical recreation and a magical tour de force' (Mail on Sunday)

Reseña del editor

At the turn of the nineteenth century, ten-year-old James Miranda
Barry enrolled as a medical student in Edinburgh, the start of a
glorious career as a military surgeon. Across the Empire, Barry achieved
fame not only as a brilliant physician, but also a legendary duellist
and a celebrated social figure. But James Miranda Barry was also a
woman. Her greatest achievement of all had been to 'pass' for a man for
more than fifty years.

Patricia Duncker's novel tells
Barry's story for the first time, in a richly inventive and entertaining
tale of dark family secrets, adultery, questioned paternity and
colonial history. It confirms her rare talent as a writer of profound
ideas and immense storytelling power.