Sophie and the Sibyl: A Victorian Romance

by Patricia Duncker

Book Overview

In Berlin, Max Duncker and his brother, Wolfgang, own a thriving publishing business, which owes its success to one woman: the Sibyl, or Mary Ann Evans, better known as George Eliot, who is writing the final installment of her bestselling serial Middlemarch. Max is as fond of gambling and brothels as Wolfgang is of making a profit and berating his spendthrift brother, but Max is given a chance to prove his worth by visiting the Sibyl and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632860643
• ISBN13: 9781632860644
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.4"