Lady Macbeth : A Novel

Ava Reid

ISBN 10: 0593722566 / ISBN 13: 9780593722565

Published by Random House LLC US Aug 2024, 2024

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Neuware - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a "masterful reimagining" (Publishers Weekly) of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare s most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her."Lady Macbeth doesn t retell Shakespeare so much as slice cleanly through it, revealing what was hidden beneath. I couldn't look away." Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House A CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEARThe Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men.The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed.The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive. But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his own. She does not know that prophecy girds him like armor. She does not know that her magic is greater and more dangerous, and that it will threaten the order of the world. She does not know this yet. But she will.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lady Macbeth : A Novel
• Publisher: Random House LLC US Aug 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593722566
• ISBN 13: 9780593722565
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 223W x 151H x 35D millimeters 223 millimeters width by 151 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 436 grams

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Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a “masterful reimagining” (Publishers Weekly) of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her.

“Lady Macbeth doesn’t retell Shakespeare so much as slice cleanly through it, revealing what was hidden beneath. I couldn't look away.”—Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House

A CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men.

The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed.

The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive.

But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his own. She does not know that prophecy girds him like armor. She does not know that her magic is greater and more dangerous, and that it will threaten the order of the world.

She does not know this yet. But she will.

About the Author

Ava Reid is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the gothic fantasies A Study in Drowning, Juniper & Thorn, and Lady Macbeth. She lives in California.