{"product_id":"man-of-genius-9781908524607","title":"Man of Genius","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Strange and haunting, a gothic novel with a modern consciousness.\" �Philippa Gregory \"A haunting, sophisticated story about a woman discovering the truth about herself and the elusive, possibly illusive, nature of genius.\" �Sunday Times \"Mesmerizing, haunting, imbued with a complete sense of historical verisimilitude\" �Times Literary Supplement \"A psychologically haunting and disturbing tale as full of mystery, exotic foreign places, and questions of parentage as any penned by her protagonist.\" �Library Journal \"Thrilling and heartbreaking, a gothic novel with emotional heart and depth.\" �Foreword Reviews \"A darkly mischievous novel about love, obsession and the burden of charisma, played out against the backdrop of Venice''s watery, decadent glory.\" �Sarah Dunant \"A mesmerizing story of love and obsession in nineteenth-century Venice: dark and utterly compelling.\" �Natasha Solomons Set in bustling Regency England and decaying Venice, A Man of Genius portrays a psychological journey from safety into secrecy and obsession. After a troubled childhood, Ann achieves independence earning her living as an author of Gothic novels. Within a group of male writers, she meets and is enthralled by the supposed poetic genius, Robert James. They become uneasy lovers. Ann and Robert travel from London through a Europe exhausted by the Napoleonic Wars. They arrive in a Venice of spies and intrigue, where their relationship becomes tortuous and Robert descends into near madness. Forced to flee with a stranger, Ann delves into her past to be jolted by a series of revelations about her lover, her parentage, the stranger, and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52887643357463,"sku":null,"price":1060.02,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6918\/8119\/files\/9781908524607.jpg?v=1777014112","url":"https:\/\/payment.letskitaboo.com\/te\/products\/man-of-genius-9781908524607","provider":"Kitaboo One eStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}