The Essex Serpent : The number one bestseller and British Book Awards Book of the Year Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing Nominee (2014) compelling and gripping white-knuckle ride…

compelling and gripping white-knuckle ride… Nesbo deserves to be crowned the king of all crime thriller writers' Sunday Express on THE SON'Nesbo deploys all the key ingredients of a cracking good thriller with expertise and verve

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The Essex Serpent : The number one bestseller and British Book Awards Book of the Year Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing Nominee (2014) compelling and gripping white-knuckle ride…Sarah Perry's award winning novel, set at the end of the nineteenth century and inspired by true events. Moving between Essex and London, myth and modernity, Cora Seaborne's spirited search for the Essex Serpent encourages all around her to test their allegiance to faith or reason in an age of rapid scientific advancement. At the same time, the novel explores the boundaries of love and friendship and the allegiances that we have to one another. The