Life Mask [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]

Donoghue, Emma, Professor

ISBN 10: 0151009430 / ISBN 13: 9780151009435

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), New York, 2004

About this Item

Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Slight edgewear to dust jacket. Softening to base of spine. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 650 p. Audience: General/trade. By the author of 'Room' and 'Slammerkin'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

Seller Inventory # Alibris.0004118

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life Mask [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151009430
• ISBN 13: 9780151009435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The bestselling author of Slammerkin turns her attention to the Beau Monde of late eighteenth-century England, turning the private drama of three celebrated Londoners into a robust, full-bodied portrait of a world, and lives, on the brink of revolution. The Honourable Mrs. Damer is a young widow of eccentric tastes, the only female sculptor of her time. The Earl of Derby, inventor of the horse race that bears his name, is the richest man in the House of Lords-and the ugliest. Miss Eliza Farren, born a nobody, now reigns as Queen of Comedy at Drury Lane Theatre.

In a time of looming war and terrorism, of glittering spectacle and financial disasters, the wealthy liberals of the Whig Party work to topple a tyrannical prime minister and a lunatic king. Their marriages and friendships stretch or break; political liaisons prove as dangerous as erotic ones. Will Eliza Farren ever gain entry to that elite circle that calls itself the World? Can Lord Derby's pride endure public mockery of his long, unconsummated courtship of the actress? And how is Anne Damer ever to silence the whispers of Sapphism that haunt her? Let the games begin...

About the Author

Born in Ireland, Emma Donoghue spent many years in England and now lives in Canada. She is the author of Slammerkin as well as two other novels, a collection of short stories, and a collection of fairy tales. Her novels have been translated into eight languages.