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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 · 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.
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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.
May 14, 2002 · by Patrick McGrath (Author) 4.0 35 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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.
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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.
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Martha Peake is the poignant, often disturbing tale of a child fighting free of a father's twisted love, and of the colonists' struggle to free themselves from a...
