by Michael Cox · John Murray Publishers Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780719568374
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«The Meaning of Night» is the historical mystery novel by Michael Cox, published by John Murray Publishers Ltd in paperback (608 pages, in English).
In 1854, a crime opens the confession of Edward Glyver, a bibliophile who claims an inheritance and a position he considers his own. His quest ranges from Victorian London's brothels and opium dens to the Evenwood mansion, where he confronts the poet and criminal Phoebus Rainsford Daunt. Betrayal, ambition and obsession in a Victorian atmosphere.
First installment of the The Meaning of Night series. Finalist for the Costa First Novel Award in 2006.
For readers of historical fiction and Victorian mystery, with echoes of Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens and Sarah Waters.
