Burntcoat by Sarah Hall

Burntcoat by Sarah HallAn electrifying story of passion, connection and transformation from 'a writer of show stopping genius' (Guardian). 'Dark and brilliant.' SARAH MOSS'A masterpience.' DAISY JOHNSON'Extraordinary.' SARAH PERRY'Hall has set a bar . . . Finely wrought, intellecutally brave and emotionally honest.'THE SCOTSMANIn the bedroom above her immense studio at Burntcoat, the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness is making her final preparations. The symptoms are well

modernist painter and animator Mary Blair and physicist Chien-Shiung Wu

a piece of wilted lettuce

this book will change the way you see the world and your place in it

Sally Coulthard weaves this fascinating story into a vivid and colourful tapestry of engaging anecdotes and extraordinary ovine facts

author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps'Not merely an horologist's delight

Facing savage weather

First published in 1967

Tennyson's remarkable poetry embodied the Victorian era

than I had ever suspected

his demanding yet highly rewarding (and lucrative) business

as fresh as it is ancient

the flash of a cigarette lighter in a darkened cinema illuminates a stunning romantic betrayal - and sets in motion one of the most moving and desperate flights of the heart in modern literature