Sea Change (Hardback)

Alix Nathan

From the acclaimed author of The Warlow Experiment, the moving story of a mother and daughter separated in Regency England

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4

'Unsettling and strange, Sea Change cements Nathan's reputation as one of our most interesting historical novelists.' The Times

'A strange, touching tale of hope and redemption' Sunday Times Best Historical Fiction

'That rare kind of historical fiction that both captures the period well and creates an absorbing narrative.' Charles Palliser

'I'll be back soon, my love. Tonight, I hope.'

The last Eve saw of her mother was a wave from the basket of a rising balloon. A wilful, lonely orphan in the house of her erratic artist guardian, Eve struggles to retain the image of her missing mother and the father she never knew. In a London beset by pageantry, incipient riot and the fear of Napoleonic invasion, Eve must grow into a young woman with no one to guide her through its perils.

Far away, in a Norfolk fishing village, the Rev Snead preaches hellfire and damnation to his impoverished parishioners and oppressed wife. Snead illustrates his sermons with the example of a mute woman pulled from the sea, over whom he keeps a very close watch indeed.

Publication date: 08/07/2021

£14.99

ISBN: 9781788163491

Imprint: Serpent's Tail

Subject: Biography & Memoir, Fiction

Sea Change (Ebook)

Alix Nathan

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From acclaimed author of The Warlow Experiment, the moving story of a mother and daughter separated in Regency England

'Unsettling and strange, Sea Change, cements Nathan's reputation as one of our most interesting historical novelists.' The Times

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4

'I'll be back soon, my love. Tonight, I hope.'

The last Eve saw of her mother was a wave from the basket of a rising balloon. A wilful, lonely orphan in the house of her erratic artist guardian, Eve struggles to retain the image of her missing mother and the father she never knew. In a London beset by pageantry, incipient riot and the fear of Napoleonic invasion, Eve must grow into a young woman with no one to guide her through its perils.

Far away, in a Norfolk fishing village, the Rev Snead preaches hellfire and damnation to his impoverished parishioners and oppressed wife. Snead illustrates his sermons with the example of a mute woman pulled from the sea, over whom he keeps a very close watch indeed.

Publication date: 08/07/2021

£6.99

ISBN: 9781782836124

Imprint: Serpent's Tail

Subject: Biography & Memoir, Fiction

Sea Change (Paperback)

Alix Nathan

From acclaimed author of The Warlow Experiment, the moving story of a mother and daughter separated in Regency England

'Unsettling and strange, Sea Change, cements Nathan's reputation as one of our most interesting historical novelists.' The Times

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4

'I'll be back soon, my love. Tonight, I hope.'

The last Eve saw of her mother was a wave from the basket of a rising balloon. A wilful, lonely orphan in the house of her erratic artist guardian, Eve struggles to retain the image of her missing mother and the father she never knew. In a London beset by pageantry, incipient riot and the fear of Napoleonic invasion, Eve must grow into a young woman with no one to guide her through its perils.

Far away, in a Norfolk fishing village, the Rev Snead preaches hellfire and damnation to his impoverished parishioners and oppressed wife. Snead illustrates his sermons with the example of a mute woman pulled from the sea, over whom he keeps a very close watch indeed.

Publication date: 07/07/2022

£8.99

ISBN: 9781788163507

Imprint: Serpent's Tail

Subject: Biography & Memoir, Fiction

Alix Nathan

Alix Nathan

Alix Nathan lives in the Welsh Marches where she owns some ancient woodland with her husband. Her short stories have been published in Ambit, The London Magazine, New Welsh Review and read on BBC Radio 4. Her last two novels were published by Parthian Press.