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The Pure Heart

By Trudi Tweedie
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When Iseabail is employed to be a companion to a wealthy merchant's daughter, she leaves her humble island home for a grand house in the Scottish borderlands. Strange occurrences and dark secrets unfurl in this atmospheric Elizabethan setting, weaving a compelling gothic horror tale with a YA twist.
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Ideal for young adult readers who enjoy gothic horror with historical settings and fans of authors like Mary Shelley, Susan Hill, and classic gothic literature.

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When Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter's companion, she's transported from her humble island home to a grand house in the Scottish borderlands. Why has she really been summoned here? And will she ever make it back home?

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A stunning classic horror story - perfect for fans of Mary Shelley!

[A] wonderful twisted gothic novel ... [an] evocation of a weird and wonderful world with compulsive characters and a cracking mystery at its core. THE TIMES

Oozing atmosphere, this reads like a teenage version of recent gothic fantasies like The Binding or The Familiars: a deliciously chilling Elizabethan tale with an injection of horror. THE OBSERVER

[An] atmospheric gothic chiller THE INDEPENDENT

When Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter's companion, she's transported from her humble island home to a grand house in the Scottish borderlands.

Why has she been summoned here? And will she ever make it back home?

A stunningly atmospheric YA Elizabethan horror set in the Scottish borderlands, written with a unique and original voice.

Jane Eyre meets Susan Hill with a YA twist and gently fantastical elements.

Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2018; the first YA entry to win.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781912626007

Publisher: Chicken House Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 February 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Chicken House Ltd

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 288

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Children's Fiction Children's Historical Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction General Fiction Health & Wellness Historical Fiction Horror & Supernatural Religion & Spirituality Self-Help & Personal Development Trudi Tweedie Young Adult

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