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About The Book
A young woman searches for the truth about her sister, who boarded a ship headed to the frozen Arctic and never returned in this “engrossing historical mystery” (The Washington Post) from the author of The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives and Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter.
Twenty-year-old Constance Horton has run away from her life in Victorian London, disguising herself as a boy to board the Makepeace, an expedition vessel bound for the icy and unexplored Northwest Passage of the Arctic. She struggles to keep her real identity a secret on the ship, a feat that only grows more difficult when facing the constant dangers of the icy North.
Even more dangerous than the cold, the storms, and the hunger, are some of the men aboard—including the ship’s scientist Edison Stowe. He’s watching Constance, and she knows that his attention could be fatal.
In London two years later: Maude Horton is searching for the truth. After being told by the British Admiralty that her sister’s death onboard the Makepeace was nothing more than a tragic accident, she receives a diary revealing that Edison Stowe had more of a hand in Constance’s death than the returning crew acknowledged.
In order to get the answers she needs, Maude shadows Edison. She joins him on a new venture he’s started to capitalize on the murder mania that has all of London in a frenzy—a travel company that takes guests around the country via train to witness public hangings—to extract the truth from him in any way possible.
Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge is a “brilliant” (Publishers Weekly), “addictive” (Emilia Hart, New York Times bestselling author of Weyword), “utterly compulsive” (Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters) novel about the lengths we will go to for justice—and for love.
Twenty-year-old Constance Horton has run away from her life in Victorian London, disguising herself as a boy to board the Makepeace, an expedition vessel bound for the icy and unexplored Northwest Passage of the Arctic. She struggles to keep her real identity a secret on the ship, a feat that only grows more difficult when facing the constant dangers of the icy North.
Even more dangerous than the cold, the storms, and the hunger, are some of the men aboard—including the ship’s scientist Edison Stowe. He’s watching Constance, and she knows that his attention could be fatal.
In London two years later: Maude Horton is searching for the truth. After being told by the British Admiralty that her sister’s death onboard the Makepeace was nothing more than a tragic accident, she receives a diary revealing that Edison Stowe had more of a hand in Constance’s death than the returning crew acknowledged.
In order to get the answers she needs, Maude shadows Edison. She joins him on a new venture he’s started to capitalize on the murder mania that has all of London in a frenzy—a travel company that takes guests around the country via train to witness public hangings—to extract the truth from him in any way possible.
Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge is a “brilliant” (Publishers Weekly), “addictive” (Emilia Hart, New York Times bestselling author of Weyword), “utterly compulsive” (Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters) novel about the lengths we will go to for justice—and for love.
About The Author
Magdalena Smolarska
Lizzie Pook is a London-based travel writer and journalist whose work has taken her to some of the farthest-flung parts of the planet, from the trans-Himalayas—in search of elusive snow leopards—to the vast, uninhabited east coast of Greenland. She has written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times (London), Lonely Planet, and Condé Nast Traveler. Lizzie is the author of Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge, Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter, and The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives. Visit her at LizziePook.com or connect with her on Twitter @LizziePook.
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (January 16, 2024)
- Length: 336 pages
- ISBN13: 9781982182007
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Raves and Reviews
“An engrossing historical mystery.”
— Washington Post
“From the boisterous gallows crowd to the ice fields of the Arctic, Pook conjures up a compellingly vivid scene. A rip-roaring and guillotine-sharp critique of Victorian ‘murder mania.’ I couldn’t tear myself away.”
— ELLERY LLOYD, New York Times bestselling author of The Club and People Like Her
“[A] heart-stopping ride through the dark underbelly of Victorian London and the icy plains of the Arctic. Stunningly written and meticulously researched, this is escapist fiction at its best. Grisly, addictive fun—as glorious as the titular character’s revenge. I devoured it in twenty-four hours."
— EMILIA HART, New York Times bestselling author of Weyward
“Such a brilliant book! Every page is stuffed with adventure and character, rendered so evocatively you feel like you’re dashing around with Maude in 1850. A joyous, propulsive piece of writing from a truly talented writer.”
— STUART TURTON, internationally bestselling author of The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
“Brilliant . . . Pook’s masterful pacing and meticulous attention to historical detail make this sing. Fans of Stuart Turton’s high seas whodunits will be rapt.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Lizzie Pook effortlessly blends a wild Arctic adventure with a riveting tale of a sister’s burning desire for revenge, the tension tightening like a hangman’s noose. Her writing is atmospheric, gripping, and beautiful—the execution of this novel is flawless.”
— AMY McCULLOCH, internationally bestselling author of Breathless
“A spellbinding novel set in the frozen Arctic and in London during the height of murder mania. . . . Pook paints a macabre image of a time when death was often more valuable than life itself.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“A triumph of a novel seeped with intrigue and excitement, married with spellbinding plotting and darkly expressive language that hints at Dickens yet is undeniably the author’s own, this is Victorian gothic at its very, very best. I was hooked from the first page!”
— SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora
“Thrilling, heartfelt, and utterly compulsive . . . a gripping adventure story and an intelligent, richly textured portrait of a moment in history. . . . This is a glorious creation indeed—I loved it.”
— EMMA STONEX, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lamplighters
“Captivating . . . Lizzie Pook is back with another historical thriller centered around a bold heroine and memorable settings, and she doesn’t disappoint. I loved this story of two sisters, a heartbreaking mystery, and a life-or-death quest.”
— CHARMAINE WILKERSON, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake
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