Eye of a Rook

Home > Other > Eye of a Rook
Eye of a Rook Eye of a Rook

Author: Josephine Taylor

Category: Other

Published: 2021

Series:

View: 418

Read Online
In 1860s London, Arthur sees his wife, Emily, suddenly struck down by a pain for which she can find no words, forced to endure harmful treatments and reliant on him for guidance. Meanwhile, in contemporary Perth, Alice, a writer, and her older husband, Duncan, find their marriage threatened as Alice investigates the history of hysteria, female sexuality and the treatment of the female body – her own and the bodies of those who came before.