EAN: 9781529412048

QUEEN HIGH - JANE THYNNE KARTONIERT (TB)

The thrilling sequel to Widowland  'Clever  thrilling  brilliantly imagined ... chillingly
convincing post-war dystopia' (Clare Chambers). Perfect for fans of Fatherland and The
Handmaid's Tale. June  1956 The Leader has been dead for three 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 miraculously
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 just been announced.
Queen Wallis will be spearheading the campaign  and Rose has been tasked with visiting her to
explain the plan. When she arrives at the palace  she finds Wallis in a state of paranoia 
desperate to return to America and enjoy the liberty of her homeland. She claims she has a
secret document so explosive that it will blow the Protectorate apart - but will the last Queen
of England pull the trigger on the Alliance?

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