Martha Peake

Author: Patrick McGrath

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ISBN : 9780140291391
Publisher : pengui
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Weight (g) : 0.262
Publication date : 05 July 2001
Dimensions : 198mm X 130mm X 24mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Patrick McGrath
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It is the late 18th century. When Harry Peake is disfigured in an accident, he and his daughter Martha are forced to move from the wilds of Cornwall to London. Here, the story of their life, and Martha's eventual escape from her embittered father to the shores of America, are related.

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Patrick McGrath is the author of five critically acclaimed books, all published by Penguin: Blood and Water, The Grotesque, Spider, Dr Haggard's Disease and Asylum. He lives in New York and London, SE11.