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A #1 international bestseller, this atmospheric and breathtaking
sequel to the "cerebral, immersive page-turner" (The Washington
Post) The Wolf and the Watchman explores the darkness hidden
beneath the splendor of 18th-century Stockholm. Stockholm, 1794: A
young nobleman, Eric Three Roses, languishes in a hospital as the
rest of the city claims that he belongs in a madhouse. Riddled with
guilt, he writes down the memories of his lost love--his beautiful
wife who died on their wedding night. The young woman's mother also
mourns her death and, desperate for justice, begs for help from the
only person who will listen to her: Jean Mickel Cardell, the
one-armed watchman. But she isn't the only person seeking him out.
Emil, younger brother to the brilliant lawyer and detective Cecil
Winge, finds the watchman to demand his late brother's pocket watch
back. Instead, Cardell enlists Emil's help to discover what really
happened at the Three Roses estate that dreaded wedding night. The
City Between the Bridges: 1794 is a suspenseful race for the truth
before it's too late from an author with a "thrilling, unnerving,
clever, and beautiful" (Fredrik Backman, #1 New York Times
bestselling author) voice.
The spellbinding and eerie finale to the #1 internationally
bestselling "cerebral, immersive" (The Washington Post) historical
trilogy follows two unlikely allies as they struggle to end the
reign of a powerful cabal of depraved hedonists in 18th-century
Stockholm. For more than a year, brilliant lawyer Emil Winge has
dedicated himself to capturing the diabolical Tycho Ceton, with the
invaluable assistance of one-armed army veteran and watchman Jean
Michael Cardell. Their mission is made more difficult by the
ever-increasing paranoia gripping Sweden's royal family, who fear
that a bloody revolution is brewing. A letter with the names of the
revolutionary conspirators is said to be in the possession of Anna
Stina Knapp, a good friend to Cardell. Now, Anna is missing and
Cardell is determined to find her before the secret police take her
into custody. While Winge and Cardell fight for justice and for
life, they find themselves caught between powerful enemies--those
who will do anything to maintain the status quo, and those who will
only be satisfied with its total destruction. Writing with
"thrilling, unnerving, clever, and beautiful" (Fredrik Backman)
vigor and style, Niklas Natt och Dag brilliantly concludes his
immersion into the dark and turbulent waters of 18th-century
Stockholm.
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1795: The Order of the Furies
Niklas Natt och Dag; Translated by Ian Giles
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'Niklas Natt och Dag takes the contemporary Scandinavian crime
story and gives it a startlingly gruesome historical twist'
Guardian It is 1795 and evil lurks in the winding alleys of
Stockholm. Tycho Ceton prowls the city, willing to do anything to
survive and reclaim the honour he has lost. No one knows what he is
planning next but Emil Winge, haunted by the ghosts of his past, is
determined to stop him. Meanwhile, Jean Mickel Cardell is
preoccupied with his own search for Anna Stina Knapp. She may have
in her possession a letter which could have devastating
consequences in the wrong hands. All the while, hell looms
inexorably . . . In 1795: The Order of the Furies, the third
instalment of Niklas Natt och Dag's historical noir trilogy, we are
plunged once again into the bustling world of late
eighteenth-century Stockholm. The city is teetering on a precipice,
with evil shaking its core, but can love and friendship prevail?
Translated by Ian Giles
'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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1795: The Order of the Furies
Niklas Natt och Dag; Translated by Ian Giles
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Discovery Miles 4 040
Save R85 (17%)
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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'Niklas Natt och Dag takes the contemporary Scandinavian crime
story and gives it a startlingly gruesome historical twist'
Guardian It is 1795 and evil lurks in the winding alleys of
Stockholm. Tycho Ceton prowls the city, willing to do anything to
survive and reclaim the honour he has lost. No one knows what he is
planning next but Emil Winge, haunted by the ghosts of his past, is
determined to stop him. Meanwhile, Jean Mickel Cardell is
preoccupied with his own search for Anna Stina Knapp. She may have
in her possession a letter which could have devastating
consequences in the wrong hands. All the while, hell looms
inexorably . . . In 1795: The Order of the Furies, the third
instalment of Niklas Natt och Dag's historical noir trilogy, we are
plunged once again into the bustling world of late
eighteenth-century Stockholm. The city is teetering on a precipice,
with evil shaking its core, but can love and friendship prevail?
Translated by Ian Giles
#1 bestseller in Sweden with over 1.5 million copies sold 'Niklas
Natt och Dag takes the contemporary Scandinavian crime story and
gives it a startlingly gruesome historical twist' Guardian The year
is 1794. A young nobleman, Eric Three Roses, languishes in
hospital. Some think he would be just at home in the madhouse
across the road. Ridden with guilt, he spends his nights writing
down memories of his lost love who died on their wedding night. Her
mother also mourns her and when no one listens to her suspicions,
she begs the aid of the only person who will listen: Jean Mickel
Cardell, the one-armed watchman. Cecil Winge is six months in the
ground but when his younger brother Emil seeks out the watchman to
retrieve his brother's missing pocket watch, Cardell enlists his
help to discover what really happened at Three Roses' estate that
night. But, unlike his dead brother, the younger Winge is an
enigma, and Cardell soon realises that he may be more hindrance
than help. And when they discover that a mysterious slave trader
has been running Three Roses' affairs, it is a race against time to
discover the truth before it's too late. In 1794, the second
installment of Niklas Natt och Dag's historical noir trilogy, we
are reunited with Mickel Cardell, Anna Stina Knapp, and the
bustling world of late eighteenth century Stockholm from The Wolf
and the Watchman. The city is about to see its darkest days yet as
veneers crack and the splendour of old gives way to what is hiding
in the city's nooks and crannies.
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