{"product_id":"the-asylum-9780544227729","title":"The Asylum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Harwood, master of creeping Victorian horror, does it again . . . Twisted in every sense of the word and wonderfully atmospheric.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConfused and disoriented, Georgina Ferrars awakens in a small room in Tregannon House, a remote asylum in England. She has no memory of the past few weeks. The doctor, Maynard Straker, tells her that she admitted herself under the name Lucy Ashton, then suffered a seizure. When she insists he has mistaken her for someone else, Dr. Straker sends a telegram to her uncle, who replies that Georgina Ferrars is at home with him in London: \"Your patient must be an imposter.\" Suddenly her voluntary confinement becomes involuntary. Who is the woman in her uncle's house? Georgina's perilous quest to free herself takes us from a cliffside cottage on the Isle of Wight to the secret passages of Tregannon House and into a web of hidden family ties on which her survival depends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Redolent with a sense of foreboding . . . This gothic tale will sweep you up into the very heart of Victorian England. A splendid read!\"--Historical Novel Society, Editors' Choice \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A richly textured . . . [and] masterfully constructed narrative . . . Readers are guaranteed a thoroughly diverting time in Harwood's not-to-be-trusted hands.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The crisp prose and twisty plot will encourage many to read this in one sitting.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544227729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"John Harwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42580555268277,"sku":"9780544227729","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_30ddf157-0794-494e-822e-705a018dd77d.jpg?v=1672757974","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-asylum-9780544227729","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}