Malvolio's Revenge - Softcover
Toby is the orphaned nephew of the Theo Trentham, leader of a motley, down-at-heel troupe of actors touring Louisiana. They had hoped for great things in New Orleans during the Carnival. Instead a spiv has taken their money but booked them remote venues in the countryside. On Christmas Eve, the company straggle away from yet another seedy, unwelcoming town and are caught in a rainstorm. They shelter in a crumbling mansion named Illyria, occupied only by an enigmatic black woman, Marie LaRoche, and her mistress, a spirited Creole girl, Isabelle de Castelon. Toby falls desperately and instantly in love. But as Toby unravels the mysteries of Isabelle's origins, he begins to suspect something terrible will engulf them all. As the days gather pace towards the Mardi Gras festivities, magic, secrets, masks and disguises all come to a dangerous head.
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Sophie Masson was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to French parents. She has spent most of her life going back and forth between Australia and France. Author of 28 novels, for adults, teenagers and children, she is published in Australia, the US and Italy as well as the UK. Winner of the Australian Young Adult Aurealis Science Fiction and Fantasy Award and shortlisted for many others, she has also written for stage, radio and newspapers, magazines and literary journals. She is still fluently bilingual and frequently returns to France to visit family. She lives in New South Wales, Australia, with her husband and three children. Sophie is the Australian correspondent for ACHUKA website. http://www.achuka.co.uk
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'... carefully constructed, well researched and ambitions novel.' -- writeaway.org 20050905 Reading one of Sophie Masson's books is like standing on top of a lonely mountain at midnight, under a star-filled sky ... Her work has that same sense of clarity, magic and mystery ... -- GARTH NIX 20050905 THE TEMPESTOUS VOYAGE OF HOPEWELL SHAKESPEARE: 'Masterly' -- The Times 20030521 'Step aboard .. and embark on a magical mystery voyage.' -- Books for Keeps 20030901 'Sophie Masson is decidedly a captivating narrator who certainly knows how to hypnotise her readers.' -- Lollipops 20030901 CLEMENTINE: 'A fabulous novel ...' -- Adele Geras, TES 20020607 CARABAS: 'A sophisticated and timeless tale of magic and human nature.' -- Weekend Australian 20020607 'One of the strengths of Masson's work is this creation of parallel worlds of fantasy which interweave with the old folk tale but also produce echoes of myth.' -- Australian Book Review 20020607
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- PublisherHodder Children's Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0340883642
- ISBN 13 9780340883648
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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