Melmoth - Sarah Perry
Category: Historical Fiction
Tags: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Adults
Melmoth Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Melmoth by Sarah Perry, Jan Cramer (Narrator) 3.51 Rating details 5,169 ratings 1,026 reviews For centuries, the mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of historys darkest watersand now, in Sarah Perrys breathtaking follow-up to The Essex Serpent, it is heading in our direction., It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sortsor, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she persuades to join her to a damnation of timeless, itinerant solitude. To Helen it all seem
