The Essex Serpent

Author: Sarah Perry

Sunday Times Bestseller.
Waterstones Book of the Year 2016.
London 1893: After the death of her husband, Cora Seaborne begins a new life, oscillating between comfort
and the grief that fills her heart.
She retreated to the countryside with her son, and stumbled upon rumors of the Essex Serpent, that mythical beast
said to have returned to roam the Essex countryside.
The idea captivated Cora when she imagined that this serpent might be of a previously undiscovered lineage.
During her search, she met William Ransome, a pastor who believed that the cure for hysteria
lay in faith, while Cora believed that science alone could provide all the solutions,
and despite their differences in almost everything, each found common ground
between them, and each began to change the other's life in unexpected ways…
"The Essex Serpent" is a smoothly and intelligently told story, set in an era that reflects an exciting and
terrifying change at the same time, and if it is above all, a celebration of love in all its forms, and of the things
we have in common in general, even when we differ.
“A novel that makes you realistic in dealing with the strangeness of the world around you.”
Daily Mail
“A richly plotted and exciting novel.”
The Daily Telegraph