Servants Of The Map
Author: Andrea Barrett
A national hardback bestseller in the US — another magnificently imagined and executed book of historical fiction with a contemporary twist, from one of the masters of the form. ‘These stories possess a wonderful clarity and ease, the serene authority of a writer working at the very height of her powers.’ New York Times Ranging across two centuries, and from the western H….Read More
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