{"product_id":"9781399607582-the-sea-library","title":"The Sea Library","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Essex Serpent \u003c\/i\u003emeets Susanna Clarke in this immersive historical literary fantasy set in 1790s maritime Britain, from \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeptember, 1790. Greenwich.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Godsalve is a northerner employed as a Clerk in The Sea Library - a four-hundred-year-old white marble institution devoted to collecting knowledge of the sea - and protecting people from its unruly power. \u003cbr\u003eBut with trade wars with the Dutch raging, the illegal smuggling of the precious, blue substance azumaris rife, and a strange, otherworldly seasickness spreading, the masses are beginning to question if the Crown is still in control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen a dangerous book written in the fifteenth century is stolen from the Library's most hidden collection and William is sent back to his hometown of Calderness to investigate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the rocky devilfishing town, William discovers Agnes, a school teacher hiding seasick children on a clifftop, who is desperate to find her missing patron before they run out of money and the children are given up to the authorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the mystery deepens, dangerous connections between the sickness, the Library, the devilfish and William begin to emerge. Can anyone control the tide?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58596952244598,"sku":"9781399607582","price":16.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399607582-the-sea-library","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}