Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science – and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory.
‘I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration’ PHILIP PULLMAN
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THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2024 … ‘GENIUS’
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THE TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2024 … ‘GENIUS’
A BOOK OF THE YEAR for theSPECTATOR, MAIL ON SUNDAY, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, INDEPENDENT, TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY EXPRESSand THE TABLET.
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A powerful new novel following a young man as he weighs up the life of safety that his parents want for him and another path on the streets outside his door, from the acclaimed author of Good Intentions.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE AWARD 2025
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A Guardian Book of the Year 2024
‘Compelling and fine and rich, I devoured it’ TESSA HADLEY
‘Powerfully compelling’ GUARDIAN
‘Unbelievably good’ ELIZABETH DAY
‘Complex and nuanced… the perfect definition of summer reading’ LUCY CALDWELL
‘Subtle, complex, ambitious’THE TIMES
A Guardian Book of the Year
THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER
An Observer Best Debut Novelist of 2025
‘One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today’ SALLY ROONEY
‘One of my favourite books of the year’ JULIA ARMFIELD
‘A funny and frank coming-of age-drama’OBSERVER
‘Gorgeous … a writer of immense talent’ MICHAEL MAGEE
‘Growing up isn’t all fun and games’ SERVICE95
THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER
An Observer Best Debut Novelist of 2025
‘One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today’ SALLY ROONEY
‘One of my favourite books of the year’ JULIA ARMFIELD
‘A funny and frank coming-of age-drama’OBSERVER
‘Gorgeous … a writer of immense talent’ MICHAEL MAGEE
‘Growing up isn’t all fun and games’ SERVICE95
THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER
An Observer Best Debut Novelist of 2025
‘One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today’ SALLY ROONEY
‘One of my favourite books of the year’ JULIA ARMFIELD
‘A funny and frank coming-of age-drama’OBSERVER
‘Gorgeous … a writer of immense talent’ MICHAEL MAGEE
‘Growing up isn’t all fun and games’ SERVICE95
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‘A MASTERPIECE. THIS SEARING TALE OF LOVE, SEX AND CLASS WILL RESONATE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME’ OWEN JONES
‘I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY ITS BEAUTY AND HUMANITY’ COCO MELLORS
How one visionary inspired 200 years of art, poetry, and protest…
Weaving between the historical, cultural and personal, award-winning author Philip Hoare reveals a web of creative minds and artistic iconoclasts fired with the wild and revolutionary genius of William Blake.
How one visionary inspired 200 years of art, poetry, and protest…
Weaving between the historical, cultural and personal, award-winning author Philip Hoare reveals a web of creative minds and artistic iconoclasts fired with the wild and revolutionary genius of William Blake.
THE INSTANT TOP 5 IRISH BESTSELLER
‘Wild, singular…gripped me from the start’ DOUGLAS STUART
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
‘IT MOVED ME DEEPLY’ LIV LITTLE
‘DEEPLY POIGNANT’ HARPERS BAZAAR
‘GORGEOUS’ RAVEN LEILANI
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN
For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey – the international bestseller – an explosive novel of sex, secrecy and escape.
