Queen high

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June, 1955. The Leader has been dead for two years. His assassination, on British soil, provoked violent retribution and intensified repression of British citizens, particularly women. Now, more than ever, the Protectorate is a place of surveillance and isolation – a land of spies. Every evening Rose Ransom looks in the mirror and marvels that she’s even alive. A mere woman, her role in the Leader’s death has been overlooked. She still works at the Culture Ministry, where her work now focuses on the outlawed subject of Poetry, a form of writing that transmits subversive meanings, emotions and signals that cannot be controlled. Therefore all Poetry is banned and Rose is appointed a Poet Hunter. A government propaganda drive to promote positive images of women has been announced. Queen Wallis will be spearheading the campaign, and Rose has been tasked with visiting her to explain the plan.

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‘THIS FOLLOW-UP IS AS ENTHRALLING AS ITS PREDECESSOR’ Sunday Times
‘BRILLIANTLY IMAGINED AND THOROUGHLY CHILLING’ Observer
‘BEGINS WITH A BANG AND DOESN’T LET UP’ Clare Chambers

Thrilling dystopian fiction from the acclaimed author of Widowland. Perfect for fans of Margaret Atwood.

It is 1955 and Britain is still a Protectorate of Germany. The assassination of the Leader on British soil provoked violent retribution towards British citizens, particularly women. Rose Ransom is amazed even to be alive, her role in the assassination miraculously overlooked. The widowed Queen Wallis reigns, yet some citizens hope that Elizabeth may one day return.

President Eisenhower is to visit Britain and Rose is tasked with briefing Queen Wallis. She finds the queen in a state of paranoia, desperate to return to America. But Wallis, a poker addict, has a trump card – a document so explosive that it will blow the Protectorate apart, should she dare to reveal it.

‘FULL OF TWISTS’ Red
‘A GRIPPING THRILLER’ Bel Mooney
‘THRILLING, SUBVERSIVE’ Jane Harris
‘A TRIUMPH’ Amanda Craig

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Weight 0.3 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 13 × 3.2 cm
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Publisher

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Cover

Paperback
Pages

416
Language

English
Edition

1st paperback ed
Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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