The Phoenix Bride: A Novel by Natasha Siegel ISBN 9780593597880, 0593597885 instant download

The Phoenix Bride: A Novel by Natasha Siegel ISBN 9780593597880, 0593597885 instant download

“Poetic, romantic, and steeped in seventeenth-century London, The Phoenix Bride is historical fiction at its best.”—Mackenzi Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and VirtueA passionate tale of plague, fire, and forbidden love from the acclaimed author of Solomon’s CrownIt is 1666, one year after plague has devastated England. Young widow Cecilia Thorowgood is a prisoner, trapped and isolated within her older sister’s cavernous London townhouse. At the mercy of a legion of doctors trying to cure her grief with their impatient scalpels, Cecilia shows no sign of improvement. Soon, her sister makes a decision born of desperation: She hires a new physician, someone known for more unusual methods. But he is a foreigner. A Jew. And despite his attempts to save Cecilia, he knows he cannot quell the storm of sorrow that rages inside her. There is no...Natasha Siegel is the author of The Phoenix Bride and Solomon’s Crown, a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Shewas born and raised in London, where she grew up in a Danish-Jewish family surrounded by stories. When she’s not writing, she spends her time getting lost in archives, chasing after her lurcher, and drinking entirely too much tea. Her poetry has won accolades from the University of Oxford.