by Lucy Hughes-Hallett · FOURTH ESTATE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780008126544
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«Peculiar Ground» is the historical novel and family saga by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, published by Fourth Estate in paperback (496 pages, in English).
In the seventeenth century, the Wychwood estate is enclosed by a wall. Within it live dissidents, lovers and refugees rejected after the civil war. Centuries later, young Nell witnesses the place's transformation amid festivals, film shoots and storms, in a story about exclusion, young love, ageing and the imprint of the past.
First novel by Lucy Hughes-Hallett, author of The Pike. It was nominated for the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2018.
For readers of historical fiction and family sagas, especially those who have enjoyed Wolf Hall or Atonement.
