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The Hourglass Factory, by Lucy Ribchester
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It's 1912, and London is in turmoil....
The suffragette movement is reaching fever pitch, but for broke Fleet Street tomboy Frankie George, just getting by in the cutthroat world of newspapers is hard enough. Sent to interview trapeze artist Ebony Diamond, Frankie finds herself fascinated by the tightly laced acrobat and follows her across London to a Mayfair corset shop that hides more than one dark secret.
Then Ebony Diamond mysteriously disappears in the middle of a performance, and Frankie is drawn into a world of tricks, society columnists, corset fetishists, suffragettes, and circus freaks. How did Ebony vanish, who was she afraid of, and what goes on behind the doors of the mysterious Hourglass Factory?
From the newsrooms of Fleet Street to the drawing rooms of high society, the missing Ebony Diamond leads Frankie to the trail of a murderous villain with a plot more deadly than anyone could have imagined....
With a major film, Suffragette, starring Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham-Carter, and Carey Mulligan, coming soon, suffragettes will be back in the limelight once again, nearly 100 years after they fought for votes for women.
The Hourglass Factory, by Lucy Ribchester- Amazon Sales Rank: #189124 in Audible
- Published on: 2015-06-18
- Released on: 2015-06-18
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 754 minutes
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A fantastic debut By Alba in Bookland Rating: 4,5The Hourglass Factory is a brilliant debut set in 1912, when the suffragette movement is determined to be heard in London and an entire branch of police has been set up to deal with it. Frankie, the main character, finds herself in the middle of all this when she is asked by her newspaper to interview trapeze artist Ebony Diamond, who happens to be a suffragette. Ebony has no time for interviews as she has some other urgent matters to attend, but Frankie who wants to prove she is as good as any other male journalist doesn't let her go so easily. But then, Ebony disappears and Frankie, looking for her, ends up in a crime scene. Something is going on and she is determined to unravel it.From that moment we follow Frankie's investigations and with the help of a snake dancer and some of her contacts, she soon discovers that Ebony's disappearance is surrounded by secrets and something big is about to happen. The plot is full of twists and subplots that keep you gripped to its pages wanting to know more.Plus the setting of this novel is fascinating. I don't know a lot about the suffragette movement but this story has certainly piqued my interest. I will, for sure, look for more information and stories about this. And Lucy's style is so descriptive and detailed, that you could actually picture yourself in the middle of the dark streets of London in 1912. You can tell that there's been a resourceful research behind this novel. I especially loved reading about the fashion of that period, how some girls chose to wear pants and were regarded as too manly or how wearing a hat with a taxidermied seagull glued to it was seen as elegant. And don't forget the corset, key to the story.Even if at the beginning I found the pace of the story a bit slow, with the great number of characters we are introduced, I soon started to enjoy it, a lot. I found it very interesting that some chapters were narrated from the police's point of view, who are also investigating the murders and Ebony's disappearance but seemed to be a bit too obsessed with the suffragette movement.All in all, a fantastic debut by Lucy Ribchester that kept me awake hours, wanting to know more. Lucy is definitely an author to watch in the future.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Review: 'The Hourglass Factory' by Lucy Ribchester By Jody - "A Spoonful of Happy Endings" Set in London 1912, the story of 'The Hourglass Factory' revolves around tomboy Frankie George who is a reporter who wants to make a name for herself within the male-dominated world of newspapers. However, this is no easy feat as her boss only wants her to write articles for the Ladies section and nothing else. When Frankie gets the assignment to interview trapeze artist Ebony Diamond, she is immediately intrigued. However, when Ebony never shows up for their meeting, Frankie starts to wonder what could have happened and decides to investigate. This unexpectedly leads her to the scene of a murder, which is just the start of a whirlwind mystery including circus artists, suffragettes and the mysterious Hourglass factory...If this novel sets the bar for 2015 book releases, all I can say is we have got an incredible year ahead of us. What an amazing read! I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this book, from the author's detailed and alluring writing style to the gripping storyline and the wonderful collection of unique and captivating characters. I loved the main character, Frankie, and her drive to uncover the story of what is going on. All of the other characters such as trapeze artist Ebony Diamond, snake dancer Millie, the eccentric Twinkle and shifty Liam managed to add their own touch to the story, just like the chapters told from the point of view of one of the police officers.I also loved the setting of the novel. The suffragette movement is a really fascinating part of history and I loved discovering more about it while reading this novel. Lucy Ribchester managed to describe everything so detailed and vividly, making it really easy to picture it all and really get immersed in the story. I was constantly guessing what was going to happen and what Frankie would stumble upon next; I was quite disappointed when I reached the ending, but at the same time I couldn't wait to get there to finally figure it all out. 'The Hourglass Factory' is an incredibly fascinating and thoroughly entertaining book, set during a time of great change, and I'd like to applaud author Lucy Ribchester for writing such a convincing and intriguing debut novel that will undoubtedly receive many more raving reviews!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. To suffer for suffrage... By Raven The Hourglass Factory by Lucy RibchesterI would like to thank Maia Larson at Pegasus Books for my review copy of this exciting hardback!The year is 1912 and the Ladies Suffragette movement is making waves in London. Fight for the right not only to vote, but to be treated as more than “silly women who don’t know their place;” the women commit various protest crimes that land them in prison. When they go on hunger strikes, they are held down and fed by force.Francesca George, “Frankie,” is a girl reporter for The London Evening Gazette. She prefers trouser suits to skirts or dresses, and shockingly engages in both drinking and smoking cigarettes. Her sympathy is with the suffragettes, but she isn’t an active member.Her latest assignment is to do a picture piece on Miss Ebony Diamond, a trapeze artist and suffragette. She longs for better assignments, and indeed often has better sources, yet her editor Stark gives the stories that should be hers to a man, Teddy Hawkins. He loves to rub this in Frankie’s face.During the course of the book, Ebony is apparently murdered. As it turns out she wasn’t, but someone wearing clothes much like hers was, an Annie Evans.Then Ebony’s friend Oliver Smith, who makes corsets at his shop in Bond Street, is also murdered. By now the official police are investigating the murders, a certain Inspector Fredrick Primrose in charge.The protesting ladies are split into two groups: the suffragettes and the suffragists. The latter group appears to be willing only to do protests that involve no violence. But Mrs. Pankhurst’s group, the suffragettes, is often in prison, facing hard labor, violence from the matrons, and force-feeding.The book is a glimpse into the history of the Suffragette Movement. Many of the events are as written, others based on true events. There is a building of suspense that grows with each line on each page.Some people may not be what they seem to be. As Frankie investigates, she makes new friends that are in the entertainment business just like Ebony Diamond. This is to be expected, but are they really whom they seem to be?The factions making up the Suffragette Movement are faced with more and more serious jail time. The violence begins to escalate out of control. Bombs are being made secretly in the corset shop. But could the suffragettes be being lead like sheep to the slaughter? Primrose finds himself in more danger every day.When the book reaches its startling reveal, the reader will be waiting with bated breath! The book is historical, mysterious, whodunit, and more; but one thing it is never is boring!I give Miss Lucy Ribchester five stars for a work well done!Quoth the Raven…
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