The depth of feeling that the inhabitants of Aldwinter share are matched by their city counterparts as they strive to find the courage to express and understand their deepest desires, and strongest fears.Ībridged in ten episodes by Jeremy Osborne.Ī Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2017. I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned a book’s cover in a review before, but. A modern classic perfect for fans of Jessie Burton. Cathy Rentzenbrink A blissful novel of unapologetic appetites, where desire and faith mingle on the marshes, but friendship is the miracle. The Essex Serpent is a thrilling and unforgettable novel of intrigue, love, and the many forms it can take. Moving between Essex and London, myth and modernity, Cora's spirited search for the Essex Serpent encourages all around her to test their allegiance to faith or reason in an age of rapid scientific advancement.Īt the same time, Sarah Perry’s novel explores the boundaries of love and friendship and the allegiances that we have to one another. 418) Sarah Perry’s new novel The Essex Serpent is a thing of beauty inside and out. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry is a joyous and beguiling book that wrapped itself around me rather like its eponymous monster. Sarah Perry's award-winning novel set at the end of the 19th century and inspired by true events. Set in Victorian London and an Essex village in the 1890s, and enlivened by the debates on scientific and medical. The Essex Serpent by Perry, Sarah, 1979- author. Cora plans to look for fossils but is intrigued to hear about the myth of the Essex Serpent. Newly widowed, Cora Seaborne and her young son, Francis, leave London and head for Colchester.