A Net for Small Fishes
Autor Lucy Jagoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 noi 2022
"A bravura historical debut . . . a gloriously immersive escape." -Guardian
With Frankie, I could have the life I had always wanted . . . and with me she could forge something more satisfying from her own . . .
When Frances Howard, beautiful but unhappy wife of the Earl of Essex, meets the talented Anne Turner, the two strike up an unlikely, yet powerful, friendship. Frances makes Anne her confidante, sweeping her into a glamorous and extravagant world, riven with bitter rivalry.
As the women grow closer, each hopes to change her circumstances. Frances is trapped in a miserable marriage while loving another, and newly-widowed Anne struggles to keep herself and her six children alive as she waits for a promised proposal. A desperate plan to change their fortunes is hatched. But navigating the Jacobean court is a dangerous game and one misstep could cost them everything.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781250261960
ISBN-10: 1250261961
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 128 x 201 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Flatiron Books
ISBN-10: 1250261961
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 128 x 201 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Flatiron Books
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Notă biografică
Lucy Jago
Caracteristici
Explores the twisting corridors of power and female friendship with a daring to rival The Favourite, and a fresh twist on historical fiction in the vein of Sara Collins' The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Recenzii
Sumptuous . If you're feeling bereft after finishing The Mirror and the Light, let Jago transport you back to the Jacobean court
Described as "the Thelma and Louise of the 17th century" and based on a real-life scandal at the court of James VI and I, this irresistibly immersive novel follows a friendship between two women that leads to Tyburn and the Tower
A superb exploration of female agency, sexuality and class . Anne thrums with life all the way through to her tragic, gruesome end, while Frankie is calculating and alluring . A scintillating novel that plunges you head-first into a darkly compelling chapter of British history
A powerful take on a fascinating piece of history
Rich in intrigue and incident, with a cast of vividly drawn characters and a wealth of detail on every atmospheric page, this is a fabulously engaging read
Bravura historical debut . Gloriously immersive ... Jago makes her a brilliantly engaging narrator . Jago is excellent on clothes . Throughout the novel, surface detail is deftly handled to convey deeper anxieties and shifts in attitude ... Jago keenly conveys the peril of being a woman of any class in the 17th century . Like all the best historical fiction, A Net for Small Fishes is a gloriously immersive escape from present times, but it's not escapism
Riveting . In a narrative that brims over with colour and invention, Jago summons up Jacobean London with enormous persuasiveness
Perfect for those looking for a gripping historical title
Jago's thrilling debut is a sumptuous feast of plotting and intrigue at the court of King James, with a feminist slant . A classic historical novel, classily executed
A sensuous evocation of 17th-century noble shenanigans. Jago offers a timely lens through which to reconsider power dynamics in Jacobean England . Seamless and stylish . Set in 1609, 69 years after the Mantel trilogy concludes, so those mourning Cromwell may find much to scintillate here
Will bring wit, wisdom, joy and comfort to your reading pile . There's no messing about in Lucy Jago's A Net For Small Fishes. From the first chapter you're plunged into the dark intrigues, violence, vying for position and cruelty of the 17th century Jacobean court as society beauty Frances Howard meets Anne Turner, whose way with bodices, stockings and eyelashes is unequalled
What a tale! Rich in intrigue and incident . A Net For Small Fishes is wonderfully dramatic and movingly tragic. With a wealth of detail on every atmospheric page, as the charismatic, flawed figures of Anne and Frankie try to live and love in the "cesspit" of a royal court, this is historical fiction at its immersive, intriguing best
Hike up your Jacobean skirts for a romp through the corridors of courtly power . A perfect winter's tale
A historical gem
A magnificent reimagining of a scandal in the Jacobean court . Masques, machinations and murder ensue, as well as affairs, gorgeously described clothes and a dangerous friendship
Dazzling
A terrific first novel, rich in colour, character, place and time. If you like your history spiced with sex, scandal and the sweet sensibilities of female friendship, then this is for you
A fabulous book. Frankie and Anne's world is not just brilliantly evoked but brilliantly sustained. Lucy Jago doesn't make a single false step. And it's exciting!
The Thelma and Louise of the seventeenth century: two mis-matched heroines, two grittily textured lives, an outrageous plot (true!), sex, politics, and a gut-wrenching ending
Full of colour, intrigue and historical characters we can relate to ... Jago has a great flair for the sensuous image and evokes the heady mix of gaudy glamour and grime that characterises the era with a distinctive, dense poetry. Historical fiction at its scintillating best and most filmic
Brings the early seventeenth century brilliantly to life . Riven with colour and detail
The attention to detail is wonderful. A really, really great book so early in 2021
Unflinching . She lays bare the corruption of the Jacobean court, her sharp prose illuminating its dark corners and the complexities of her subject matter
We've had so much Tudor fiction of the years from authors including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory, that it's great to escape to a different era as Lucy Jago takes us to the court of James I
An extraordinary story . The court case of the century . Amazing
A fabulously engaging read ... told in rich, vivid detail
What a ride
The corrupt, licentious court of England's James I makes a fittingly baroque backdrop for A Net for Small Fishes ... Jago weaves an intricate web of social, sexual and political maneuvers that entangles all her characters .... [A] narrative stuffed with vividly drawn secondary characters and atmospheric set pieces ... A Net for Small Fishes is also highly satisfying entertainment
Described as "the Thelma and Louise of the 17th century" and based on a real-life scandal at the court of James VI and I, this irresistibly immersive novel follows a friendship between two women that leads to Tyburn and the Tower
A superb exploration of female agency, sexuality and class . Anne thrums with life all the way through to her tragic, gruesome end, while Frankie is calculating and alluring . A scintillating novel that plunges you head-first into a darkly compelling chapter of British history
A powerful take on a fascinating piece of history
Rich in intrigue and incident, with a cast of vividly drawn characters and a wealth of detail on every atmospheric page, this is a fabulously engaging read
Bravura historical debut . Gloriously immersive ... Jago makes her a brilliantly engaging narrator . Jago is excellent on clothes . Throughout the novel, surface detail is deftly handled to convey deeper anxieties and shifts in attitude ... Jago keenly conveys the peril of being a woman of any class in the 17th century . Like all the best historical fiction, A Net for Small Fishes is a gloriously immersive escape from present times, but it's not escapism
Riveting . In a narrative that brims over with colour and invention, Jago summons up Jacobean London with enormous persuasiveness
Perfect for those looking for a gripping historical title
Jago's thrilling debut is a sumptuous feast of plotting and intrigue at the court of King James, with a feminist slant . A classic historical novel, classily executed
A sensuous evocation of 17th-century noble shenanigans. Jago offers a timely lens through which to reconsider power dynamics in Jacobean England . Seamless and stylish . Set in 1609, 69 years after the Mantel trilogy concludes, so those mourning Cromwell may find much to scintillate here
Will bring wit, wisdom, joy and comfort to your reading pile . There's no messing about in Lucy Jago's A Net For Small Fishes. From the first chapter you're plunged into the dark intrigues, violence, vying for position and cruelty of the 17th century Jacobean court as society beauty Frances Howard meets Anne Turner, whose way with bodices, stockings and eyelashes is unequalled
What a tale! Rich in intrigue and incident . A Net For Small Fishes is wonderfully dramatic and movingly tragic. With a wealth of detail on every atmospheric page, as the charismatic, flawed figures of Anne and Frankie try to live and love in the "cesspit" of a royal court, this is historical fiction at its immersive, intriguing best
Hike up your Jacobean skirts for a romp through the corridors of courtly power . A perfect winter's tale
A historical gem
A magnificent reimagining of a scandal in the Jacobean court . Masques, machinations and murder ensue, as well as affairs, gorgeously described clothes and a dangerous friendship
Dazzling
A terrific first novel, rich in colour, character, place and time. If you like your history spiced with sex, scandal and the sweet sensibilities of female friendship, then this is for you
A fabulous book. Frankie and Anne's world is not just brilliantly evoked but brilliantly sustained. Lucy Jago doesn't make a single false step. And it's exciting!
The Thelma and Louise of the seventeenth century: two mis-matched heroines, two grittily textured lives, an outrageous plot (true!), sex, politics, and a gut-wrenching ending
Full of colour, intrigue and historical characters we can relate to ... Jago has a great flair for the sensuous image and evokes the heady mix of gaudy glamour and grime that characterises the era with a distinctive, dense poetry. Historical fiction at its scintillating best and most filmic
Brings the early seventeenth century brilliantly to life . Riven with colour and detail
The attention to detail is wonderful. A really, really great book so early in 2021
Unflinching . She lays bare the corruption of the Jacobean court, her sharp prose illuminating its dark corners and the complexities of her subject matter
We've had so much Tudor fiction of the years from authors including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory, that it's great to escape to a different era as Lucy Jago takes us to the court of James I
An extraordinary story . The court case of the century . Amazing
A fabulously engaging read ... told in rich, vivid detail
What a ride
The corrupt, licentious court of England's James I makes a fittingly baroque backdrop for A Net for Small Fishes ... Jago weaves an intricate web of social, sexual and political maneuvers that entangles all her characters .... [A] narrative stuffed with vividly drawn secondary characters and atmospheric set pieces ... A Net for Small Fishes is also highly satisfying entertainment