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Learn moreWhen Ambrose Tree is summoned by his ancient uncle to the brooding mansion Drogo Hall, he suspects it's to hear the old man's dying words and then collect a sizable inheritance. He has no idea he is about to learn the bizarre story of Harry Peake, Cornish smuggler turned poet who became a monster capable of the most horrifying acts. Or that he's about to become psychologically enmeshed in the riveting life of Harry's daughter, Martha, who flees her father for colonial America where she becomes a heroic figure in the revolution against England. Or that he himself has a crucial role to play in this mesmerizing tale as it rushes headlong and hauntingly toward its powerful climax. Martha Peake is a spellbinding alloy of Gothic mystery and historical romance.
Patrick McGrath is the author of Asylum, Port Mungo, Blood and Water and Other Stories, The Grotesque, Spider, and other books, and he was the co-editor, with Bradford Morrow, of The New Gothic.
Tom Sellwood has recorded many audio books, including Hector Hugo Munro’s Witty, Weird, and Outrageous; Saki Favorites; Mutiny on the Bounty; Treasure Island; Far from the Madding Crowd; Emma; a selection of P. G. Wodehouse’s short stories; and Wuthering Heights, to name a few.
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“Remarkable passages of sustained dramatic and atmospheric writing…Rare qualities of power and urgency.”
“McGrath demonstrates his trademark ability to probe the layers of the human psyche.”
“McGrath takes a big risk, but the result is an invigorating take on the Revolution, just the tonic for even the most jaded reader during this election season.”
“Fans of the gothic genre won’t be disappointed by McGrath’s latest novel, which features gloomy manors, tormented souls, and a persecuted heroine… Peake’s tale will consume readers.”
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