Dan simmons novel5/24/2023 Just as he did in The Terror, Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens–at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world–hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever.ĭid Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research. When we were offered a review copy, I was ecstatic. Why did I read this book: Dan Simmons is an autobuy for me - I love everything the man writes, from horror to science fiction to historical fiction. Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel, although draws from the works and lives of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (Hachette Group)
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