The Paris Express
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From Emma Donoghue, the bestselling author of Room, The Paris Express is a propulsive novel set at the end of the nineteenth century about a high-speed steam train journey, the people on board and the secrets and dangers they carry with them.
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room and The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue takes readers on a thrilling ride through a simmering turn-of-the-century Paris on the edge of a dazzling future.
'Ratchets up the pace until it's hurtling along as fast as the train itself' - Alice Winn, author of In Memoriam
'Riveting' - The Washington Post
'All about speed . . . This novel is a masterclass' - The Independent
A woman determined to make her mark. A journey that will change everything.
Paris, 1895. Glamour hides a city on the brink. One morning, a young woman boards the Granville Express with a deadly plan.
On the journey lives intertwine in explosive ways. There are the railway crew who have everything to lose, a little boy travelling alone for the first time, an elderly statesman with his fragile wife and a lonely artist far from home.
The train speeds towards the City of Light and into a future that will change everything . . .
'An edge-of-your-seat historical thriller that I couldn't put down' - Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures
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| Weight | 200 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.7 × 13 cm |
| Book_author | Donoghue, Emma |
| Publisher | PICADOR |
| Imprint | Picador |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 273 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st paperback ed |
| Dewey | 823.92 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
