Mrs England: The award-winning Sunday Times bestseller from the winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award

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Mrs England is the third book from historical fiction writer Stacey Halls. I read and love both The Familiars and The Foundling, so this was an incredibly anticipated release for me. The story follows Nurse Ruby May a graduate of the Norland Institute. When she is forced to leave her position she knows she needs to find another as soon as possible. When the opportunity comes up to be a nurse to the four England children, Ruby takes the position immediately. When she arrives in Yorkshire she soon finds things aren’t right with the family. Mrs England is detached and mysterious, and the servants won’t talk to her. As Ruby spends more time with the family, she uncovers more than she could possibly imagine. Her first position did not last long because she couldn't leave England for America with this family. The school found her another position at the remote Hardcastle House taking care of the four children of Mr. and Mrs. England. It’s not going to be plain sailing is it? So I was wondering what turn this would have, would it be the Nanny (nurse) the family? A family member? A XXI. Század Kiadó KULT könyvek sorozata elképesztően szép designt kapott. Ez a borító különösen jól mutat, ráadásul több szempontból is telitalálatnak bizonyult a tartalom tükrében. An eerie, dangerous landscape, a wealthy family, a children’s nurse, a controlling husband, and characters with secrets greet us in this delicious, Gothic novel.

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and when the eventual film adaptation comes i want keeley hawes as mrs england, morgan spector as mr england (i cannot find it in myself to care that he’s american), and millie bobby brown as nurse may. i did not picture anyone else but them when reading this or hear anyone else’s voices but theirs. i’m no casting director, but the roles are theirs.Megbabonázó, elbűvölő, lebilincselő regény érzelmekről és rejtélyről, és egy hősnőről, aki belekeveredik egy elferdítésekből, váratlan fordulatokból és hazugságokból szőtt, képtelen világba. Az utolsó oldalig magával ragadó.” – Kate Williams It’s a story of power and control but also the strength of women to survive and thrive in such a time.

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However the story plods along without ever really creating any atmospheric. I kept reading thinking... this its a slow burner but will dazzle at any moment and before I knew it, I was 3/4 way through before I felt any sense of intrigue or suspense. Its wasn't dark or disturbing like her other novels, the characters didn't really make any impact on me and by the end I was glad to have finished with the lot of them. Pian piano, giorno dopo giorno, Ruby si ambienta, scoprendo piccoli dettagli e interrogandosi sul non detto che riesce a percepire, anche attraverso incontri casuali e sprazzi di conversazione.I loved the character of Ruby and found her to be another strong female protagonist, something that the author is becoming known for. I enjoyed how the author dropped hints throughout the story about both Ruby’s past and the strange goings-on at Hardcastle House. I tried to piece it all together but there were twists and turns that kept me guessing until the end. Simmering with slow-burning menace, Mrs England is a portrait of an Edwardian marriage, weaving an enthralling story of men and women, power and control, courage, truth and the very darkest deception. Set against the atmospheric landscape of West Yorkshire, Stacey Halls’ third novel proves her one of the most exciting and compelling new storytellers of our times. Review When I’m most in need of joy, I turn to crime fiction, and everyone who loves crime fiction as much as I do will understand why. I suppose it has something to do with the fact that justice is almost always reliably meted out, and that’s a great comfort. I’m a serial monogamist where crime writers are concerned, and I’m currently passionately attached to Lisa Jewell, whose novels somehow manage to be good-natured, creepy and tense all at once. When her latest, Invisible Girl, finally lands on the doormat, I’ll lie about all day reading and forget all my woes. With her previous two novels, The Familiars and The Foundling, Stacey Halls proved that she’s an author with a unique talent for writing engrossing and atmospheric historical fiction centered around female protagonists haunted by complicated pasts. With the bar set so high, it’s always a worry that the next book an author writes won’t live up to the early successes of its predecessors. Happily, that couldn’t be further from the truth with Mrs England, which opens with an intriguing flash-forward, before unravelling the events that lead Ruby to that moment.