The Essex Serpent The Essex Serpent

The Essex Serpent

from the Booker-longlisted author of Enlightenment

    • 3.6 • 222 Ratings
    • £3.99

Publisher Description

London, 1893. When Cora Seaborne's controlling husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness. Along with her son Francis - a curious, obsessive boy - she leaves town for Essex, in the hope that fresh air and open space will provide refuge.


On arrival, they hear rumours that the mythical Essex Serpent, once said to roam the marshes claiming lives, has returned to the coastal parish of Aldwinter. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist, is enthralled, convinced that what the locals think is a magical beast may be a yet-undiscovered species. As she sets out on its trail, she is introduced to William Ransome, Aldwinter's vicar, who is also deeply suspicious of the rumours, but thinks they are a distraction from true faith.


As he tries to calm his parishioners, Will and Cora strike up an intense relationship, and although they agree on absolutely nothing, they find themselves at once drawn together and torn apart, affecting each other in ways that surprise them both.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2016
27 May
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
523
Pages
PUBLISHER
Profile
SIZE
1.7
MB

Customer Reviews

jedder1 ,

Great Book, Not so good tv adaption

Read the book, brilliant. I was transported on to the mist covered marshes. I can almost taste the salt in the air. The eerie shapes in the half light and the sounds of the night.

NinaRicks ,

Great bedtime reading.

Great book! Really enjoyable read.

Col. Russel ,

Only the Serpent Isn’t True

This is a remarkable book beautifully written and best of all nearly every character is a hero, not in the sense that of derring do but in the sense that each one is true to himself and especially herself. Each one is realised and defined, even children and minor characters so that this reader was engaged almost from the first page. It is textured and colourful, perhaps I am prejudiced because I knew someone like Cora and I loved them both

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