The clockwork girl
Mazzola, Anna2022
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Paris, 1750. In the midst of winter, as birds fall frozen from the sky, a new maid arrives at the home of a celebrated clockmaker and his clever, unworldly daughter. But rumours are stirring that Reinhart's uncanny mechanical creations - bejewelled birds, silver spiders - are more than mere automata. That they might defy the laws of nature, perhaps even at the expense of the living. But Madeleine is hiding a dark past, and a dangerous purpose - to discover the truth of the clockmaker's experiments and record his every move, in exchange for her own chance of freedom. Meanwhile, in the streets, children are quietly disappearing - and Madeleine comes to fear that she has stumbled upon a greater conspiracy. One which might reach to the heart of Versailles.
Main title:
The clockwork girl / Anna Mazzola.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Orion, 2022.
Collation:
362 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781398703780 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92HFAF
LC class:
PR6063
Local class:
FTAFHIAFBCF
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3012077