![]() ![]() But it's soon clear the fear factor runs far deeper. Those with a scientific bent are excited to think it could be a species that outwitted extinction, like a living fossil or dinosaur. The main thing these two share is a deep desire to get to the bottom of it.Īt first, people imagine a Lochness Monster type of critter. The two main characters are Cora Seaborne, a young recent widow, and William Ransome, the local vicar and father of a family. It deals with people's reactions to rumours of a fierce sea beast from ancient times believed to be terrorising their Essex coast. This pseudo-Victorian novel has been making a stir, and I was curious to find out why. ![]() Set in Victorian London and an Essex village in the 1890's, and enlivened by the debates on scientific and medical discovery which defined the era, The Essex Serpent has at its heart the story of two extraordinary people who fall for each other, but not in the usual way. ![]()
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