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It tells the story of the grotesquely crippled Harry Peake and his daughter Martha, their involvement with the mysterious anatomist Lord Drogo, the tragic events that separate them, and the subsequent flight of Martha to America at the dawning of the Revolution.
Jan 1, 2001 · Martha Peake: A Novel of the Revolution. Patrick McGrath. 3.32. 742 ratings87 reviews. A hypnotic tale of psychological suspense and haunting beauty. Set among the teeming streets and desolate wharves of Hogarth's London, then shifting to the powder-keg colony of Massachusetts Bay.
May 14, 2002 · Martha Peake is a spellbinding alloy of Gothic mystery and historical romance. From the Back Cover When Ambrose Tree is summoned by his ancient uncle to the brooding mansion Drogo Hall, he suspects it's to hear the old man's dying words and then collect a sizable inheritance.
Martha Peake : a novel of the revolution. by. McGrath, Patrick, 1950- Publication date. 2000. Topics. United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction, United States. Publisher. London : Viking. Collection. printdisabled; internetarchivebooks. Contributor.
Oct 10, 2000 · Master storyteller Patrick McGrath--author of the critically acclaimed novel Asylum and a finalist for England's prestigious Whitbread Prize for fiction--once again spins a hypnotic tale of psychological suspense and haunting beauty.
With William’s help, Martha escapes from England and the terrors it holds to make a new life for herself in America. The year is 1774 and in the small New England village where Martha is welcomed into her uncle’s family, revolutionary fever is reaching a boiling point.
Or that he’s about to become psychologically enmeshed in the riveting life of Harry’s daughter, Martha, who flees her father for colonial America where she becomes a heroic figure in the...
