Rose Tremain is one
Rose Tremain is one of our “very best exponents” of historical
fiction, said Ian Critchley in Literary Review[1]
– and her 15th novel is one of her most sparkling.
Set in Victorian London, it tells the story of Lily Mortimer, a
16-year-old seamstress at Belle Prettywood’s Wig Emporium on Long
Acre, who was raised at Coram’s Foundling Hospital. Lily nurses a
dark secret, said Michael Arditti in the FT:
after enduring years of horrendous abuse at Coram, she committed an
act of violence which she now fears will come to light. An
“ingenious blend” of historical novel, moral fable and fairy story,
this is a work that “carries an intense emotional charge”.
It certainly takes skill to “create a homage to the penny
dreadful that also works as a satisfying novel”, said Melissa
Katsoulis in The Times[2]. But somehow, Tremain
has managed it. Packed with “picturesque historical detail” – so
that it often “feels more Dickensian than Dickens” – Lily:
A Tale of Revenge is the “literary equivalent of all your
favourite Christmas telly rolled into one”.
Chatto & Windus 281pp £18.99; The Week
Bookshop[3] £14.99
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