The words in my hand
Title:
The words in my hand
Author:
Glasfurd, Guinevere.
ISBN:
9781473617872
Publication Information:
London : Two Roads, 2017.
Physical Description:
414 p. : map ; 20 cm
Abstract:
A young servant girl desperate to learn.An ambitious philosopher in search of the truth.A story lost from history.Set against the backdrop of the Scientific Revolution, a time of change but also of great danger, The Words In My Hand is a debut novel of harrowing beauty, in the vein of Girl With A Pearl Earring and The Miniaturist.
Geographic Term:
Subject:
| Household employees -- Fiction. |
| Philosophers -- Fiction. |
| Literacy -- Fiction. |
| Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Fiction. |
| Jans van der Strom, Helena -- Fiction. |
| Descartes, René, 1596-1650 -- Fiction. |
Summary:
A young servant girl desperate to learn.An ambitious philosopher in search of the truth.A story lost from history.Set against the backdrop of the Scientific Revolution, a time of change but also of great danger, The Words In My Hand is a debut novel of harrowing beauty, in the vein of Girl With A Pearl Earring and The Miniaturist.