James Wilson

This is a book begun, but not finished. I could not finish it. Many times I have come close to destroying it, thinking I should have no rest while it remained to reproach me. I could not bring myself to do it. I have therefore given instructions that it should be sealed in a box, which is to remain unopened until I, my wife Laura, our sister Marion Halcombe, and all our children are dead.So begins James Wilsons brilliant imaginative recreation of the Victorian sensation novel as the characters from Wilkie Collinss The Woman in White - Walter Hartright and Marion Halcombe - are involved in another dramatic and dangerous conspiracy. Walter is commissioned to write a biography of the greatest of English painters, JMW Turner, whose life was shrouded in mystery. His researches take him to the dark secret at the centre of Turners work and involve him and Marion in confronting crimes and human degradation that threaten their sanity and their lives.The Dark Clue takes us into Victorian England in all its staggering extremes; of poverty and wealth, of slums and stately homes, of public morality and private vice in an unforgettable tale of suspense.

An absolute masterclass in historical fiction writing. Joanne Limburg What is the truth behind the mystery of the bastard boy?Ned Gudgeon wakes to find himself in a cell. He has no idea where he is or how he came to be there, but - seeing pen and paper - he begins to write. What follows is Neds remarkable story, the story of his quest for his missing nephew, taking him from the corrupt and teeming slaving port of Bristol to the turmoil of the colonies on the brink of revolution. What is the truth behind the mystery of the bastard boy?

1910, and Corley Roper, an eminent childrens author of his age, mourns the death of his young daughter. Estranged from his wife, and wracked by grief, he happens one night upon Mary Wilson, a woman in a similar position, as she mourns her stillborn son. No longer able to inhabit the fictional world that made his name, and haunted by the spectre of this other lost child, Roper decides that it is only through engaging with the real world, and the mystery of Mary Wilsons dispossessed heritage, that he may find purpose. Meanwhile, a young American journalist, Alice Dangerfield, has travelled across the Atlantic on a quest of her own, to track down her most cherished author.

Walter Hartwright is married, prosperous and a little bored. When he is approached to write a life of the painter Turner he accepts, unaware that his subject lived a life more dark than light. Researching the painter's life, he is soon affected with its possibilities of violence and even murder that he no longer trusts his own sanity and character.

Walter Hartright y Marian Halcombe, personajes que Wilson toma prestados de ta dama de blanco de Wilkie Collins, aceptan escribir la biografía definitiva del genio William Turner, el gran paisajista inglés. Se entrevistan con miembros de la elite británica, artistas, críticos de arte, amas de Ilaves, grabadores y prostitutas que tuvieron contacto con él, pero ninguno ofrece datos interesantes sobre el pintor. Turner, un tipo escurridizo, excéntrico y tímido fue un hombre celoso de su intimidad y, tras su muerte, objeto de asombrosos rumores. Pero ¿a quién interesa difamar a un genio ya fallecido? Las averiguaciones de Walter y Marian los sumergen en el enigmático y oscuro mundo de Turner, a quien le gustaba indagar en enigmas irresolubles, hasta que dan con la clave oculta de su obra, hallazgo que pone a prueba su cordura y amenaza sus vidas.

James Wilson (1742-1798) participó en los debates constitucionales de 1787 y en el establecimiento de una jurisprudencia constitucional en la formación de la de los Estados Unidos, tanto como juez del Tribunal Supremo tanto como profesor de Derecho en la Universidad de Filadelfia. Estos Discursos constitucionales ayudan en buena medida a entender la formacion y el significado de la Constitucion de los Estados Unidos.

Els personatges de La dama de blanc de Wilkie Collins, Walter Hartright i Marian Halcombe, es veuen involucrats en una altra investigació perillosa, aquesta vegada relacionada amb la societat londinenca mes respectable. A Walter li encarreguen que escrigu