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The stargazer's sister : a novel
Title:
The stargazer's sister : a novel
ISBN:
9780804197939
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
332 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
Hanover, 1755-1772. Victory ; Moon ; Night ; Friend ; Mystery -- England, 1772-1776. Storm ; Solitude ; Seeing ; Andromeda ; Winter ; Shadow ; Planet ; Observatory House -- England, 1788-1822. Hooked ; Comet ; Silence -- Lisbon, 1823-1833. Star ; Dark -- Hanover, 1833-1848. Light.
Summary:
William Herschel rescues his sister Caroline from a life of drudgery in Germany and brings her to England and a world of music making and stargazing. Lina serves as William's assistant and the captain of his exhilaratingly busy household. An obsessive genius whom Lina adores and serves with the fervency of a beloved wife, her world collapses when William suddenly announces that he will be married.
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