The Shadow in the North |
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 | This is the second in Pullman's Sally Lockhart trilogy, the sequel to The Ruby in the Smoke. I made the mistake of reading this one first; each of the books contains big spoilers for the previous one, so I strongly recommend they are read in order.
This is another absolute masterpiece from Pullman, but rather darker than its predecessor. The Ruby in the Smoke talked about greed, desire and stupidity; The Shadow in the North addresses the question of evil face on.
Sally has begun to make a name for herself in business, an incredible achievement for a Victorian woman, and to drag Frederick Garland's photography company back from chaos and near-bankruptcy. A seemingly innocent enquiry by a client about a sunken ship and an apparently genuine clairvoyant leads Sally, Fred and Jim off on another trail of deceit and trechery, leading across Europe, and into the very heart of the British government.
If The Ruby in the Smoke was Pullman's homage to Conan Doyle, this one has a lot more ... read more.
Written by Philip Pullman.
Published 05 November 2007.
Published by Scholastic.
rrp £6.99.
304 pages Paperback.
ISBN: 1407106279
ISBN-13: 9781407106274 | |
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