Pure / Andrew Miller.

By:

Miller, Andrew

Publication details: London : Sceptre, 2011.Description: 346 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781444724264 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Historical fiction.

DDC classification:

823.914 22

Awards:

Winner of the 2011 COSTA Book Award.

Summary: Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.

List(s) this item appears in: Awarded General Fiction

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item reserves
Book	Melbourne Athenaeum Library	Fiction	MIL	Available		048081

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Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.

Winner of the 2011 COSTA Book Award.

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