Pure / Andrew Miller.
Material type:
TextPublication details: [Bath] : Windsor/Paragon, 2012, c2011Edition: Large print edDescription: vi, 351 p. (large print) ; 25 cmISBN: 9781445869582 (Windsor : cased); 9781445869599 (Paragon : pbk.)Subject(s): Civil engineers -- Fiction | Cemeteries -- France -- Paris -- Fiction | Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Large type books. Summary: A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests. A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love... A year unlike any other he has lived. Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing the cemetery. At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wnor- Book | Wundowie Wundowie Large Print | F MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111048845331 |
Standard print ed. originally published: London : Sceptre, 2011.
A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests. A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love... A year unlike any other he has lived. Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing the cemetery. At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.
There are no comments on this title.