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A Man of Genius

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A Man of Genius

By: Janet Todd
Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
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Set in the bustling society of Regency England and decaying Venice, A Man of Genius portrays a psychological journey from safety into secrecy and obsession.

After a troubled childhood, Ann St Clair achieves independence by earning her living as an author of cheap Gothic novels. Within a group of male writers, she meets and is enthralled by the supposed poetic genius, Robert James. They become uneasy lovers.

Ann and Robert James travel from London through a Europe exhausted by the long Napoleonic wars. They arrive in a Venice of spies and intrigue, where their relationship becomes tortuous and Robert descends into near madness. Forced to flee with a stranger, Ann delves into her past, to be jolted by a series of revelations about her lover, her parentage, the stranger and herself.

©2016 Bitter Lemon Press/Janet Todd (P)2016 Craftsman Audio Books
Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Fiction England Italy Espionage

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