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Creatures of will and temper
- Title
- Creatures of will and temper / Molly Tanzer.
- Author
- Tanzer, Molly
- Publication
- Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
- ©2017
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 18-1044 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 358 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "A Victorian urban fantasy featuring duelists, demons, and the dark arts, inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray. Victorian London is a place of fluid social roles, vibrant arts culture, fin-de-siecle wonders. and dangerous underground diabolic cults. Fencer Evadne Gray cares for none of the former and knows nothing of the latter when she's sent to London to chaperone her younger sister, aspiring art critic Dorina. Unfortunately for Evadne, she soon learns too much about all of it when Dorina meets their uncle's friend, Lady Henrietta "Henry" Wotton. A semi-respectable aristocrat in public, in private she is secretly in the thrall of a demon obsessed with beauty and pleasure.When Lady Henry and Dorina immediately hit it off, Evadne abandons her chaperone duties and enrolls in a fencing school. There, she meets the fencing master she's always dreamed of. But soon, George reveals he is more than just a teacher. He has dedicated himself to eradicating demons and their servants, and he needs Evadne's help. As Evadne gets pulled further into this hidden world, she begins to suspect that Lady Henry might actually be a diabolist. Even worse, she believes Dorina may have joined her. Combining swordplay, demons, and high society, Creatures of Will and Temper shows a timeless world and adventure readers won't soon forget"--
- Victorian London is a place of fluid social roles, fin-de-siecle wonders. and dangerous underground diabolic cults. Fencer Evadne Gray is s sent to London to chaperone her younger sister, aspiring art critic Dorina. Their uncle's friend, Lady Henrietta "Henry" Wotton, is a semi-respectable aristocrat in public, in private she is secretly in the thrall of a demon obsessed with beauty and pleasure. Evadne meets George Cantrell, but he reveals he has dedicated himself to eradicating demons and their servants, and he needs Evadne's help. Soon it appears that Dorina may have joined the diabolists.
- Alternative Title
- Creatures of will & temper, a novel by Molly Tanzer
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Fantasy fiction.
- Fiction.
- Gothic fiction.
- Paranormal fiction.
- Romance fiction.
- Note
- "A John Joseph Adams book."
- Call Number
- JFD 18-1044
- ISBN
- 9781328710260
- 1328710262
- LCCN
- 2017012055
- OCLC
- 967067317
- Author
- Tanzer, Molly, author.
- Title
- Creatures of will and temper / Molly Tanzer.
- Publisher
- Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Cover Title
- Creatures of will & temper, a novel by Molly Tanzer
- Other Form:
- Online version: Tanzer, Molly, author. Creatures of will and temper Boston : John Joseph Adams Book/Mariner Books, 2017 9781328710369 (DLC) 2017036504
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-1044