Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore
Set in late-18th-century Bristol during the shockwaves of the French Revolution, this story follows a young woman raised by radical thinkers who marries a charismatic property developer whose grand cliffside project—and fragile temperament—begin to crumble amid war and financial panic. Caught between her mother’s uncompromising ideals and her husband’s tightening control, she confronts buried secrets and the dangers of obsession, revealing how private lives are shaped by politics, money, and mortality as love turns claustrophobic and survival demands quiet courage.
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- Published
- 2017
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 400-416
- Original Language
- English
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