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1793: The Wolf and the Watchman - The latest Scandi sensation (Paperback)
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1793: The Wolf and the Watchman - The latest Scandi sensation (Paperback)
Series: Jean Mickel Cardell
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List price R330
Loot Price R276
Discovery Miles 2 760
You Save R54 (16%)
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'A remarkable debut novel' Sunday Times 'The best historical
thriller I've read in twenty years' A.J. Finn 'A thrilling,
unnerving, clever and beautiful story. Reading it is like giving a
little gift to oneself' Fredrik Backman The year is 1793,
Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of
foreign wars have emptied the treasuries, and the realm is governed
by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer. On the
streets, malcontent and paranoia abound. A body is found in the
city's swamp by a watchman, Mickel Cardell, and the case is handed
over to investigator Cecil Winge, who is dying of consumption.
Together, Winge and Cardell become embroiled in a brutal world of
guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams, and one death
will expose a city rotten with corruption beneath its powdered and
painted veneer. The Wolf and the Watchman depicts the capacity for
cruelty in the name of survival or greed - but also the capacity
for love, friendship, and the desire for a better world. The second
book in the trilogy, 1794: The City Between the Bridges, is
available in January 2022
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