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The House of Barbary

The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard
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If you crossed The Miniaturist with Promising Young Woman, you'd get The House of Barbary... a blazing feminist roar of a novel' Naomi Kelsey. Beatrice has been lied to her whole life. Beatrice Barbary has been raised to believe that while education will set her mind... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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A fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard by a brilliant young writer

Beatrice's father has been murdered. Her life is in disarray. Her future uncertain. But she will not be lied to any more. Vengeance will be hers.

A fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard by a brilliant young writer

Beatrice's father has been murdered. Her life is in disarray. Her future uncertain. But she will not be lied to any more. Vengeance will be hers.

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If you crossed The Miniaturist with Promising Young Woman, you'd get The House of Barbary... a blazing feminist roar of a novel' Naomi Kelsey.

Beatrice has been lied to her whole life.

Beatrice Barbary has been raised to believe that while education will set her mind free, there are some questions better left unanswered.

Her life is in disarray.

But when her father, one of the most powerful men in Bern, is brutally murdered in their own home, she is left reeling, unprotected, and vulnerable.

Her future uncertain.

Plunging head first into the mysteries surrounding her father and her own upbringing, Beatrice discovers The Order of St. Eve and the violent secrets they have been hiding her entire life.

It's time for her to take control.

Will she be able to right the wrongs of her father, or will the Order silence her first?

Set in a city at breaking point, Beatrice's story toes the dangerously thin line between retribution and revenge, and the choice we must make when confronted by evil.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526647320

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Raven Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Isabelle Schuler is a Swiss-American actress, writer and former Waterstones bookseller. She has a BA in Journalism and her screenplay Queen Hereafter was longlisted by the Thousand Films Screenwriting Competition in 2019. In 2020, she adapted Queen Hereafter into her debut novel, Lady MacBethad. She lives in Hertfordshire.

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