THE CONVICTION OF CORA BURNS

Book ID/图书代码： 00530019C00033

English Summary/英文概要： Birmingham, 1885.

Born in a gaol and raised in a workhouse, Cora Burns has always struggled to control the violence inside her.

Haunted by memories of a terrible crime, she seeks a new life working as a servant in the house of scientist Thomas Jerwood. Here, Cora befriends a young girl, Violet, who seems to be the subject of a living experiment. But is Jerwood also secretly studying Cora...?

With the power and intrigue of Laura Purcell’s The Silent Companions and Sarah Schmidt’s See What I Have Done, Carolyn Kirby’s stunning debut takes the reader on a heart-breaking journey through Victorian Birmingham and questions where we first learn violence: from our scars or from our hearts.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 伯明翰,1885年。

科拉•伯恩斯出生在监狱里，成长在济贫院，她一直在努力控制自己内心的暴力。

一桩可怕的罪行的记忆萦绕着她，她在科学家托马斯•杰伍德家当仆人，开始了新的生活。在这里，科拉和一个年轻女孩维奥莱特成为了朋友，维奥莱特似乎是一个活生生的实验对象。但杰伍德是不是也在秘密研究科拉?

借助劳拉•珀塞尔的《沉默的伙伴》和莎拉•施密特的《我做了什么》的力量和阴谋，卡洛琳•柯比令人惊叹的处女作将读者带入一段令人心碎的旅程，穿越维多利亚时代的伯明翰，并提出了这样的问题:我们从哪里开始学会暴力:从我们的伤疤还是从我们的内心。（WYL)

Awards/获奖情况：一部扣人心弦的历史惊悚片，主角引人注目。我喜欢那段时期的细节，迫不及待地想读更多卡洛琳•柯比的作品。——莎拉•沃德

独特而引人入胜——艾米丽•埃尔加，《如果你认识她》的作者

这是一个关于失去、双重人格和邪恶科学实验的有趣故事。卡洛琳•柯比以一种肯定会满足所有“胜利照明”的信徒的方式来回忆19世纪。——盖纳•阿诺德，《穿蓝裙子的女孩》的作者

卡洛琳•柯比的历史小说《对科拉•伯恩斯的定罪》入围了今年Specsavers出版的首届犯罪小说处女作奖。

’Downton Abbey meets Elizabeth Gaskell’ - GJ Minett, author of LIE IN WAIT, THE HIDDEN LEGACY and ANYTHING FOR HER

’A gripping historical thriller with a compelling protagonist. I loved the period detail and can’t wait to read more from Carolyn Kirby’ - Sarah Ward, Author of the DC CHILDS novels ’Unique and utterly engrossing’ - Emily Elgar, author of IF YOU KNEW HER

’An intriguing story of loss, doubleness, and sinister scientific experiment. Carolyn Kirby conjures up the nineteenth-century in a way that will surely satisfy all devotees of ’Vic-lit’’- Gaynor Arnold author of GIRL IN A BLUE DRESS

Carolyn Kirby’s historical novel The Conviction of Cora Burns has been short-listed for this year’s inaugural Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award.

About the Author/作者介绍： 卡洛琳•柯比来自桑德兰，她在牛津大学圣希尔达学院学习历史，之后在社会保障性住房部门工作，后来又当了一名英语(作为一门外语)教师。她的小说《科拉•伯恩斯的定罪》于2013年在伦敦费伯学院的一个写作课程上开始创作。这部小说以及2017年Mslexia小说比赛决赛和首届蓝铅笔机构奖在内的多个比赛中取得了成功。卡罗琳有两个已经成年的女儿，她和丈夫住在牛津郡的农村。

Originally from Sunderland, Carolyn Kirby studied history at St Hilda’s College, Oxford before working for social housing and then as a teacher of English as a foreign language. Her novel The Conviction of Cora Burns was begun in 2013 on a writing course at Faber Academy in London. The novel has achieved success in several competitions including as finalist in the 2017 Mslexia Novel Competition and as winner of the inaugural Bluepencilagency Award. Carolyn has two grown-up daughters and lives with her husband in rural Oxfordshire.

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