Catton, Eleanor, 1985-
The Luminaries / by Eleanor Catton - 832 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
A sphere within a sphere -- Auguries -- The house of self-undoing -- Paenga-wha-wha -- Weight and lucre -- The widow and the weeds -- Domicile -- The truth about Aurora -- Mutable Earth -- Matters of succession -- Orion sets when Scorpio rises -- The old moon in the young moon's arms
It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the West Coast goldfields. On the night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky. (Publisher)
9781847084316 (hbk.) 1847084311 (hbk.) 9781847088765 1847088767
New Zealand--History--1853-1876--Fiction
Historical fiction
823.92
The Luminaries / by Eleanor Catton - 832 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
A sphere within a sphere -- Auguries -- The house of self-undoing -- Paenga-wha-wha -- Weight and lucre -- The widow and the weeds -- Domicile -- The truth about Aurora -- Mutable Earth -- Matters of succession -- Orion sets when Scorpio rises -- The old moon in the young moon's arms
It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the West Coast goldfields. On the night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky. (Publisher)
9781847084316 (hbk.) 1847084311 (hbk.) 9781847088765 1847088767
New Zealand--History--1853-1876--Fiction
Historical fiction
823.92