Laura Elizabeth Woollett (Knihy)

Laura Elizabeth Woollett Knihy

Laura Elizabeth Woollett se zabývá temnými stránkami lidské povahy a vztahů, zkoumá fascinaci zlem a jeho dopady na ty, kteří se ocitnou v jeho blízkosti. Její povídky a romány se ponořují do psychologie postav, které jsou vtahovány do životů notoricky známých či radikálních osobností. Woollett nabízí pronikavý pohled na motivace a následky, které formují osudy jejích hrdinů. Její styl je známý svou intenzitou a schopností vykreslit znepokojivé situace s mrazivou přesností.

Beautiful Revolutionary

416 stránek
15 hodin čtení

The thrilling new novel, inspired by the events at Jonestown in the 1970s. It's the summer of 1968, and Evelyn Lynden is a woman at war with herself. Minister's daughter. Atheist. Independent woman. Frustrated wife. Bitch with a bleeding heart. Following her conscientious-objector husband Lenny to the rural Eden of Evergreen Valley, California, Evelyn wants to be happy with their new life. Yet she finds herself disillusioned with Lenny's passive ways -- and anxious for a saviour. Enter the Reverend Jim Jones, the dynamic leader of a new revolutionary church ... Meticulously researched and masterfully written, Beautiful Revolutionaryexplores the allure of the real-life charismatic leader who would destroy so many. It follows Evelyn as she is pulled into Jones's orbit -- an orbit it would prove impossible for her to leave.

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