The Pleasures of Men - (Voice) by Kate Williams (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this darkly atmospheric and gripping novel, a young woman's obsession with a series of murders in Victorian London pulls her into the city's underworld as she unknowingly draws the killer closer to her.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>July 1840: The young Queen Victoria has just entered her third year on the throne when a major recession brings London's desperate and destitute into its sweltering streets. While the city crackles with tension, orphaned Catherine Sorgeiul stays locked away in her uncle's home, a peculiar place where death masks adorn the walls and certain rooms are strictly forbidden. Nineteen years old and haunted by a dark past, Catherine becomes obsessed with a series of terrible murders of young girls sweeping the city. Details of the crimes are especially gruesome--the victims' hair has been newly plaited and thrust into their mouths, and their limbs are grotesquely folded behind them, like wounded birds--and the serial killer is soon nicknamed the Man of Crows.<br /> <br /> Catherine begins writing stories about the victims--women on their own and vulnerable in the big city--and gradually the story of the murderer as well. But she soon realizes that she has involved herself in a web of betrayal, deceit, and terror that threatens her and all those around her. A remarkable fiction debut, <em>The Pleasures of Men</em> is a gripping and spine-tingling thriller.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<em>The Pleasures of Men</em> is an intense, intelligent and hugely entertaining read."--<b><i><em>The Guardian</em></b></i><br><br>"<em>The Pleasures of Men</em> shares with <em>Wolf Hall</em> an ambitious, challenging concern with form combined with a pitch-perfect historical ear. . . . This intoxicating and disturbing novel is properly thrilling and extraordinarily well-written. Kate Williams is already an accomplished biographer; <em>The Pleasures of Men</em> shows a soaring talent let loose."--<b><i><em>The Independent on Sunday</em></b></i><br><br>"[A] promising first novel . . . Readers looking for more psychological sophistication than is usual in such historicals will be pleased."--<b><i><em>Publishers Weekly</em></b></i><br><br>"A charged, fast-paced ride through the dark underbelly of Victorian London in the footsteps of a serial killer. Fans of Sarah Waters will love it."--<b><i><em>Good Housekeeping</em> (UK)</b></i><br><br>"A warning: Don't even think about starting Williams' tantalizingly unnerving thriller unless you've cleared your schedule for the next few hours."--<b><i><em>More</em></b></i><br><br>"Part bodice-ripper, part-slasher, the book's elaborate plot moves along at a brisk clip with a nod to the likes of Sarah Waters and Peter Ackroyd."--<b><i><em>The Daily Mail</em></b></i><br><br>"This is a wonderfully ripe, imaginative and gripping piece of Victorian pastiche, with a spider's web of a plot and a spine-tingling atmosphere of menace and suspense."--<b><i><em>The London Times</em></b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><strong>Kate Williams</strong> earned her BA at Somerville College, Oxford, where she was a College Scholar; she received her MA from Queen Mary, University of London, and her DPhil at Oxford. Her debut book, <em>England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton</em> (Ballantine, 2006), was shortlisted for the Marsh Prize for Biography and her second book, <em>Becoming Queen</em> (Ballantine, 2010), about the passionate youth of Queen Victoria and Princess Charlotte was a Book of the Year in the <em>Tatler</em> and <em>Spectator</em>. She is currently writing a biography of Josephine Bonaparte, <em>Mistress of Empires</em>, for publication in Spring 2012 by Ballantine. She teaches creative writing at London University. <em>The Pleasures of Men</em> is her first novel. She lives in London, England.
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