Life Mask (Signed First Edition)

Emma Donoghue

ISBN 10: 0151009430 / ISBN 13: 9780151009435

Published by Harcourt, New York, 2004

About this Item

New York: Harcourt (2004). First U.S. edition. First printing. Very fine/very fine in all respects. A pristine unread copy. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Donoghue's fourth novel. Life Mask is a fictional recreation of a love triangle between the comedic actress Eliza Farren, the sculptor Anne Damer), and Edward Smith-Stanley, the twelfth Earl of Derby. Brand new!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life Mask (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Harcourt, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151009430
• ISBN 13: 9780151009435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• 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.