Readers love Elizabeth Macneal's The Doll Factory:Ī remarkable example of historical fiction. Sunday Times Best Paperback of 2020 Pick – soon to be made into a major TV series! 'A dark delight and fans of The Miniaturist and The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock will love it' - Red Was £12.99 Now £6.50 Read more £6.50 No longer available More details Delivery & Returns Product story London. Elizabeth Macneal draws a vivid picture of life in 1850s London. Rate this book In 1850s London, the Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and, among the crowd watching the dazzling spectacle, two people meet by happenstance. The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal is the intoxicating story of a young woman who aspires to be an artist, and the man whose obsession may destroy her world forever. And it is only a matter of time before they meet again. THE DOLL FACTORY is one of the best books Ive read in ages heartbreaking and evocative. After seeing Iris at the site of the Great Exhibition he finds he cannot forget her.Īs Iris's world expands, Silas's obsession grows. Silas Reed is a curiosity collector, enchanted by the strange and beautiful. Iris agrees, on the condition that he teaches her to paint.ĭreaming of freedom, Iris throws herself into a new life of art and love, unaware that she has caught the eye of a second man. Louis is a painter who yearns to have his work displayed in the Royal Academy, and he is desperate for Iris to be his model. There's no similarity, not even in expert conjecture about Jack the Ripper. Never crossed my mind and doesn't seem likely. On a crowded street, the dollmaker Iris Whittle meets the artist Louis Frost. Debra Petersen (Queen of Historical Fiction) This is an adult novel. 'A sharp, scary, gorgeously evocative tale of love, art and obsession' – Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train The Doll Factory is adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Macneal, which is a dark tale of aspiration, obsession and misogyny.

The intoxicating story of one woman's dreams of freedom in Victorian England and the man whose obsession threatens to destroy them forever. a perfectly structured and page-turning story of love and passion crime and obsession. Sunday Times Bestseller – BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick – BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime The Doll Factory might just be the best yet - James Walton Readers Digest One of the best books Ive read in ages - heartbreaking and evocative.

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