{"product_id":"the-taxidermists-daughter-stage-version-paperback","title":"The Taxidermist's Daughter (Stage Version) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Mosse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1912. In an isolated house on the Sussex salt marshes, Connie Gifford lives with her father. Robbed of her childhood memories by a mysterious accident, she is haunted by fitful glimpses of her past - whilst her father has become a broken man, taking refuge in the bottle, since the closure of his once-legendary Museum of Avian Taxidermy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA strange woman has been seen in the graveyard - and a few miles away, two patients have, inexplicably, disappeared from the local asylum. As a major storm hits the coastline, old wounds are about to be opened as one woman, intent on revenge, attempts to liberate another from the horrifying crimes of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Taxidermist's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrilling Gothic story of violence, retribution and justice, adapted for the stage by Kate Mosse from her own internationally best-selling novel, and first performed at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2022, directed by Róisín McBrinn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKate Mosse\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author and broadcaster. Her novels include \u003cem\u003eThe Languedoc Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eLabyrinth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSepulchre\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCitadel\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eThe Winter Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Chambers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe City of Tears\u003c\/em\u003e. She has adapted her own novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Taxidermist's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e, for the stage (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2022). Her non-fiction includes \u003cem\u003eWarrior Queens \u0026amp; Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Build the World\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and founder of the #WomanInHistory campaign. In 1996 she co-founded the annual Women's Prize for Fiction (originally known as the Orange Prize for Fiction).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734742831167,"sku":"9781839040832","price":42.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/113863ed52d754f01125e39aec3f6d9c.webp?v=1765140939","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-taxidermists-daughter-stage-version-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}