In the Victorian spa city of Bath, Anne Pedlow is a woman of rare healing and ambition. Known as ‘The Angel of the Baths,’ she is revered for her nursing skills, yet she feels a profound restlessness—a certainty that a grander, more transformative destiny awaits her.
That destiny arrives as a volatile choice. Anne finds herself caught between two vastly different worlds: a passionate, clandestine affair with a female lover and the security of a conventional marriage to a respectable doctor. As her desires pull her toward the unconventional, she embarks on a journey that will take her far beyond the confines of English society.
Islands of Mercy is a sweeping, sensory epic from an acclaimed master of historical fiction. Moving from the sanitariums of England to the wild frontiers of Borneo, it explores the desperate human search for sanctuary, the cost of forbidden love, and the courage to live outside the boundaries of a pitiless world.
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| ISBN: 9781784743314 |
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| Genre: Historical Fiction |
| Subject(s): Literary; Literature & Fiction |
| Publication Date: 2020-09-10 |
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| Publisher: Chatto & Windus |
| Language: English |
| Format: Hardcover |
| Pages: 356 |
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| Book_ID: 105712 |