THE STRANGE FATE OF KITTY EASTON（美国版本：THE MAZE AT LYTTON DEADALL）
Book ID/图书代码： 02630510B40931
English Summary/英文概要： When former infantry officer Laurence Bartram is called to the small village of Easton Deadall, he is struck by the beauty of the place: a crumbling stately home; a centuries-old church; and a recently planted maze, a memorial to the men of the village, almost all of whom died in one heroic battle in 1916.
But it soon becomes clear to Laurence that while rest of the country is alight with hope for the first time since the end of the War, as the first Labour government takes power, the Wiltshire village is haunted by its tragic past.
In 1911, five-year-old Kitty Easton disappeared from her bed and has not been seen since: only her fragile mother believes still she is alive. When a family trip to the Empire Exhibition in London ends in disaster and things take an increasingly sinister turn, Laurence struggles to find out what has happened as it seems that the fate of the house, the men and of Kitty herself may be part of a much longer, darker story of love, betrayal - and violence.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 故事背景建立在一戰結束後，英國工黨首次取得政府要職，鼓舞氣氛低迷的英國人民，國家還舉辦大英帝國展覽會(Empire Exhibition)之時。退伍軍人Laurence Bartram應邀前往Easton Deadall小鎮，協助朋友整修當地教堂建築，以及用以紀念殉職軍人的樹籬迷宮。那是一個美麗的小鎮，但顯而易見的，當地人民仍籠罩在過去的陰影中…。
在此他得知Kitty Easton一家人的事。1911年，5歲的Kitty從床上離奇消失，從此杳無音訊。她的母親始終相信女兒仍活著，卻陷在悲傷中無法自拔。一宗命案迫使Easton一家重新面對Kitty的失蹤事件，也揭露他們隱藏多時的真相…。(兼职翻译-XJJ & Eva)
Awards/获奖情况：BBC History magazine’s historical book of the month for June 2011
"Beautifully written and vividly imagined" --- The Literary Review
“Elizabeth Speller’s novel works exceptionally well as an absorbing mystery story but it has adepth of characterisation and a psychological acuity that is rare in crime fiction . . . a highly convincing portrait of a small community still in thrall to the losses, cruelties and betrayals of its recent past”---Nick Rennison, BBC History magazine
About the Author/作者介绍： Elizabeth Speller lived in Berlin, Rome and Paris before reading Classics at Cambridge. She has written for publications as varied as the Independent, Big Issue, TLS and Vogue and has taught at the universities of Cambridge, Birmingham and Bristol. She currently has a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship at Warwick and divides her life between Gloucestershire and Greece. Her first novel was THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN JOHN EMMETT which was followed by THE STRANGE FATE OF KITTY EASTON.
Elizabeth Speller曾於劍橋大學研究古典文學，取得古代歷史post-graduate學位，現在身兼四職，是位作家、老師、記者以及詩人。她在劍橋、伯明罕以及布里斯托大學教書，文章常刊登於《獨立報》(the Independent)、《大誌雜誌》(Big Issue)、《泰晤士報文學增刊》(TLS)以及《Vogue》。同時她也是皇家文藝基金會(Royal Literary Fund)成員，作品除了此書訊介紹的兩本小說之外，非小說著作有《Following Hadrian》以及個人回憶錄《Sunlight on the Garden》。
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