by Beryl Bainbridge · Time Warner Books Uk · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349114477
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«According to Queeney» is the historical novel by Beryl Bainbridge, published by Time Warner Books Uk in paperback (260 pages, in English).
Set in Georgian London of the 1770s and 1780s, it tells of the relationship between the scholar Samuel Johnson and Hester Thrale, wife of a brewer, from the perspective of Queeney, Hester's daughter. The work combines friendship and unconfessed passion with humour and irony.
Originally published in 2001, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that same year.
For readers of historical and literary fiction interested in the eighteenth century and in human relationships.
Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge was an English writer. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often macabre tales set among the English working class. She won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996, and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize. She was described in 2007 as a national treasure. In 2008, The Times named Bainbridge on their list of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945".
