![]() The other impressive presence in the story is the Fens themselves with their oppressive and sinister miasma and dark writhing eels. Maud grows to be her father's loathed amenuensis - and also to read her father's journals which detail not only his constant 'connections' with the uppity servant girl, but also his obsession with devils,as he slides into madness. Maud's beloved Maman survived a catalogue of 'chamberpots of blood', but died giving birth to dead Rosie. ![]() The main character is Maud, Edward's slighted and insulted daughter, the only child along with much younger Felix. The story set in the Norfolk fens fill in the why. In 1913 the obsessive historian Edward Stearn killed a man with a pick axe in a random, bizarre and horrific attack, so we know WHO. Michele Paver excels at creating intriguing & chilling stories - Thin Air is well worth downloading. ![]()
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