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The Paris Express

Name: The Paris Express
Author: Emma Donoghue
ISBN: 9781443474245

by Emma Donoghue

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Overview

... An edge - of - your - seat historical thriller that I couldn't put down . " SHELBY VAN PELT , author of Remarkably Bright Creatures # 1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER THE PARIS EXPRESS A novel Emma Donoghue HARPERAVENUE. Front Cover.

Synopsis

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of Room, The Wonder, and The Pull of the Stars comes a taut and suspenseful historical novel that reimagines an 1895 French railway disaster, an event famously documented in dramatic photographs The Paris Express is set over a single day, as the morning train travels from the Normandy coast to the capital. Men, women, and children from all over the world take their seats in the passenger cars, which are divided by wealth and status. Among the passengers is an anarchist intent on destruction, a young boy travelling alone, a pregnant woman fleeing her home village for the anonymity of the big city, a medical student who suspects a girl may have a fatal disease, and the railway crew, devoted to the train, to the company, and to each other. Based on an 1895 catastrophe that was captured in a series of surreal photographs, The Paris Express is a thrilling ride and a literary masterpiece full of the politics, fears, and chaos of an era not unlike our own.