Wakenhyrst

by Michelle Paver

Book Overview

A Times Best Book of 2019.
'Paver is one of Britain's modern greats. This sinister, gothic chiller shows why' BIG ISSUE, Books of the Year 2019. "Something has been let loose..."

In Edwardian Suffolk, a manor house stands alone in a lost corner of the Fens: a glinting wilderness of water whose whispering reeds guard ancient secrets. Maud is a lonely child growing up without a mother,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788549570
• ISBN13: 9781788549578
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent gothic suspense

Really enjoyed the gothic dread in the novel as you realize that something awful and life changing is going to happen. As the story unfolds thru the eyes of main character Maud, the reader sympathizes with what all she endures growing up under her oppressive, eventually insane father's rule. The reader gets a historical look back at pre world War era, countryside life in the fens. The settings of the fen and the great manor house are creepily described in an elegant way that puts you in that place and time and make for a deliciously creepy read.