by Guinevere Glasfurd · Two Roads · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781473617872
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«The Words in My Hand» is the historical novel by Guinevere Glasfurd, published by Two Roads in paperback (432 pages, in English).
It reimagines the life of Helena Jans, a Dutch maid in seventeenth-century Amsterdam who longs to write and comes to use beetroot as ink. With the arrival of a mysterious guest, the philosopher René Descartes, a relationship develops between them that challenges the barriers of class and religion, in a story of love and learning.
First novel by Guinevere Glasfurd, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2016 and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017.
For readers of historical fiction with romance, particularly those who enjoyed 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' or 'The Miniaturist'.
