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Michael Irwin's The Skull and the Nightingale is a chilling and deliciously dark, literary novel of manipulation and sex, intrigue and seduction, set in 18th-century England.

When Richard Fenwick returns to London, his wealthy godfather, James Gilbert, has an unexpected proposition. Gilbert has led a sedate life in Worcestershire, but feels the urge to experience, even vicariously, the extremes of human feeling: love, passion, and something much more sinister.

It becomes apparent that Gilbert desires news filled with tales of carousing, flirtation, excess, and London's more salacious side. But Gilbert's elaborate and manipulative "experiments" into the workings of human behavior soon drag Richard into a Faustian vortex of betrayal and danger where lives are ruined and tragedy is only a step away.

With echoes of Dangerous Liaisons, Michael Irwin's The Skull and the Nightingale is an urgent period drama that seduces the senses.

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A chilling and deliciously dark tale of manipulation, sex, and seduction in eighteenth-century EnglandWhen Richard Fenwick returns to London in 1761, his wealthy godfather, James Gilbert, has an unexpected proposition. Gilbert has led a sedate life in the country, but now feels the urge to experience, even vicariously, the extremes of human feeling: love, passion, and something much more sinister. He asks Richard to serve as his proxy and to write to him of his city adventures--tales of carousing, seduction, and excess. Richard rises to the challenge and delves deep into London's salacious side.Gilbert's elaborate and manipulative "experiments" into the intimate workings of human behavior soon drag Richard into a vortex of betrayal, where lives are ruined and tragedy is only a step away. And when Richard does the unthinkable and falls in love, the stakes are raised and he must make a defining choice. But what sort of man has he by now become?
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"Evokes "Tom Jones, The Crimson Petal and the White", and "Les Liaisons Dangereuses". . . . Irwin has crafted a terrific historical novel, and an even better psychological thriller. A-"--Entertainment Weekly

"As Gilbert becomes ever more manipulative, and Fenwick falls in love with another pawn in his patron's game, Irwin creates an atmospheric portrait of the Georgian world in which this ambivalent rake's progress takes place."--Sunday Times (London)

Evokes "Tom Jones, The Crimson Petal and the White," and "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." . . . Irwin has crafted a terrific historical novel, and an even better psychological thriller. A- --Entertainment Weekly"

As Gilbert becomes ever more manipulative, and Fenwick falls in love with another pawn in his patron s game, Irwin creates an atmospheric portrait of the Georgian world in which this ambivalent rake s progress takes place. --Sunday Times (London)"

Amid Irwin s spot-on descriptions of 18-century England s squalor and splendor, the masquerades and dinner parties, this passion play mostly rests between the sheets where Lust lies. . . . Irwin s secondary characters also fascinate . . . A tale of morals, intriguingly told. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"

I really admired and enjoyed it. The atmosphere, idiom and characters are great. The plotting is terrific. And I had a genuine shock at the end. --Jenny Uglow, author of "The Lunar Men""

Richard Fenwick is a dashing, good-looking rake in the tradition of Boswell, William Hickey, Tom Jones and Roderick Random, and his fast-moving adventures among the pubs and petticoats have a twist in the tail that is startling and well worth waiting for. --Jeremy Lewis, author of "Shades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family""

A dark, compelling tale of an eighteenth-century Faustus and his Mephistopheles, which troubles the reader with a growing unease from the start and never slackens pace right up to its disturbing conclusion. --Maria McCann, author of "As Meat Loves Salt" and "The Wilding""

This novel of manipulation and seduction evokes Pierre Choderlos de Laclos s classic "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." . . . [and] vividly renders the darker side of the Age of Enlightenment. Readers who like their history served up with conquest and betrayal will enjoy this page-turner. --Library Journal"

"Evokes Tom Jones, The Crimson Petal and the White, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. . . . Irwin has crafted a terrific historical novel, and an even better psychological thriller. A-"--Entertainment Weekly

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