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    Winter

    Written by Christopher Nicholson

    Narrated by Gordon Griffin, Judith Boyd, Julia Franklin and Multiple Narrators

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    From the author of The Elephant Keeper, nominated for the Costa Award for Best Novel, comes a poignant imagining of Thomas Hardy's relationship with his last muse
    A celebrated author, in the winter of his life, awaits a visit from a beautiful young actress – the leading lady in a staging of his most famous tragedy. But his wife is troubled. An anxious and sickly woman, she watches the growing intimacy between her husband and the young woman, and becomes tormented by the idea that they will betray her.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJan 16, 2014
    ISBN9781471252709
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    Christopher Nicholson

    Christopher Nicholson read English at Cambridge University. He has been a community development worker in Cornwall, and a radio scriptwriter and producer in London. He lives in Dorset. ‘The Elephant Keeper’ is his second novel.

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