The Leviathan

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The instant Sunday Times bestseller - perfect for readers of Hilary Mantel, Bridget Collins and Imogen Hermes Gowar, The Leviathan is a beguiling, atmospheric tale of superstition, monsters and murder, set in seventeenth century England

Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home, his father is insensible, felled by a stroke, and their new servant is in prison, facing charges of witchcraft.

Thomas prides himself on being a rational, modern man, but as he unravels the mystery of what has happened, he uncovers not a tale of superstition but something dark and ancient, linked to a shipwreck years before.

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