02070cam a2200349 4500 527821870 TxAuBib 20211107120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780857867155 0857867156 B00AO3K012 Amazon 51b1fc1a-13bd-4f02-96b4-821d42a8e4d3 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1221406 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Lea, Martha. The Specimen [OverDrive]. Canongate Books, 2013. post c 1945. Modern. Contemporary. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1138kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<p>The year is 1859. Edward Scales is a businessman, a butterfly collector, a respectable man. He is the man Gwen Carrick fell in love with one windswept day on a beach in Cornwall. Seven years later he is dead and Gwen is on trial for his murder.</p> <p>From country house drawing rooms to the rainforests of Brazil, The Specimen explores the price one independent young woman might pay for wanting an unorthodox life.</p> <p>Set in a Victorian world battling between the forces of spiritualism and Darwinism, polite society and the call of clandestine love, Gwen and Edward's tale is a gripping melodrama, a romance and a murder mystery that will compel readers to its final thrilling page.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=51B1FC1A-13BD-4F02-96B4-821D42A8E4D3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=51B1FC1A-13BD-4F02-96B4-821D42A8E4D3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=51B1FC1A-13BD-4F02-96B4-821D42A8E4D3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)