THE DEVIL’S BREATH
Book ID/图书代码： 14780013B65966
English Summary/英文概要： Eighteenth-century anatomist Dr. Thomas Silkstone travels to the English countryside to unravel a tangled web of mystery, medicine, and murder--in this captivating new novel from Tessa Harris. . .A man staggers out of his cottage into the streets of Oxfordshire, shattering an otherwise peaceful evening with the terrible sight of his body shaking and heaving, eyes wild with horror. Many of the villagers believe the Devil himself has entered Joseph Makepeace, the latest victim of a "great fog" that darkens the skies over England like a Biblical plague. When Joseph’s son and daughter are found murdered--heads bashed in by a shovel--the town’s worst suspicions are confirmed: Evil is abroad, and needs to be banished.
A brilliant man of science, Dr. Thomas Silkstone is not one to heed superstition. But when he arrives at the estate of the lovely widow Lady Lydia Farrell, he finds that it’s not just her grain and livestock at risk. A shroud of mystery surrounds Lydia’s lost child, who may still be alive in a workhouse. A natural disaster fills the skies with smoke and ash, clogging the lungs of all who breathe it in. And the grisly details of a father’s crime compels Dr. Silkstone to look for answers beyond his medical books--between the Devil and the deep blue sea. . .
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一场神秘的毒雾向英国的乡村席卷而来，这场毒雾带来了死亡和破坏，托马斯・西尔克斯通博士需要使出浑身解数去调查为什么会有那么多受害人死于牛津郡和这周围的地方。
在这场混乱和困惑之中，然而，托马斯很快发现这场毒雾不是逍遥法外的凶手唯一故意的放纵。 当黑夜来临，风暴来袭，陨石雨穿越天空纷至坠下，人们的偏执妄想如野火一般蔓延，许多村民开始相信世界末日即将来临。 看起来无人能，甚至是丽迪雅法雷尔夫人也无法从这场即将到来的厄运中幸免。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：“A fascinating series featuring Dr. Thomas Silkstone….Harris is at her vivid best describing in precise, fearsome details the “Great Fogg,” the clouds of noxious poison gas that swept across Europe in 1783.”--New York Times Book Review on The Devil’s Breath
About the Author/作者介绍： 在牛津大学学习历史系之后,我在林肯郡自己的家乡劳斯郡，开始我的新闻报业生涯。随后我去伦敦发展了我的事业,成了一位女性杂志的编辑。从那时起我成为一家杂志社的专题作家。两年后我编辑区域艺术刊物问世出版。紧随之后的两年我成为了《赫里蒂奇》杂志的副主编。身为人母让我得以有了一段自由的时间,去给一些国家杂志,如《乡村房屋和内饰》,《好佳家》,《女性杂志》,以及诸如《泰晤士报》、《每日电讯报》和《卫报》撰写一些文摘。在此期间我还是一家纪录片制作公司的文学经纪人。2005年,我曾是伯克希尔哈撒韦公司《生活》杂志的编辑。
2000年我赢得了由伦敦电影编剧工作室举办的欧洲电影剧本写作竞赛，由此我所撰写的剧本被电影公司改编成剧本，搬上银幕。这个故事讲述的是在18世纪的伦敦，由于我后续的研究，诞生了这个故事的主角人物，一个美国的解剖学家和世界上第一个法医科学家，托马斯•西尔克斯通博士。
TESSA HARRIS, born in Lincolnshire, holds a history degree from Oxford University. After four years of working with local newspapers, she set her sights on women’s magazines. She is regularly heard on local BBC radio and over the years has interviewed such people as Margaret Thatcher, Jeffrey Archer, Anthony Hopkins, Susan Hampshire, Alan Titchmarsh, Jackie Stewart, Boris Johnson, and Uri Geller. She lives in Berkshire with her husband and their two children.
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