Thirteenth Tale A Novel

Name: Thirteenth Tale A Novel
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ISBN: 9780743298032

ISBN-10: 0743298039

ISBN-13: 9780743298032

Edition: 2007

Authors: Diane Setterfield

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Sometimes, when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny. Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about her extraordinary existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret for so long. Calling on Margaret Lea, a young biographer troubled by her own painful history, Vida disinters the life she meant to bury for good. Margaret is mesmerized by the author's tale of gothic strangeness -- featuring the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Publication date: 10/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Born in Berkshire, Diane Setterfield was educated at Theale Green Comprehensive School and Bristol University. Her degree in French literature led her to teach in universities in England and France, where she lived for several years. Diane's previous publications have been in the field of 19th and 20th century French literature, specialising in the writings of Andrï¿½ Gide. After returning to the UK, Diane ran a business teaching French to those intending to live in France. She lives in Oxford.