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Paris, 1792: Terror reigns as the city writhes in the grip of revolution. The streets run with blood as thousands lose their heads to the guillotine. Edward Savill, working in London as agent for a wealthy American, receives word that his estranged wife Augusta has been killed in France. She leaves behind ten-year-old Charles, who is brought to England to Charnwood Court. Savill is sent to retrieve the boy and it is only when Savill arrives there does he discover that Charles is mute. The boy has witnessed horrors beyond his years, but what terrible secret haunts him so deeply that he is unable to utter a word?
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"The Silent Boy was selected as Historical Novel of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times; as well as being picked as one of Radio 4’s Crime Books of the Year. ‘In this taut thriller, Andrew Taylor deftly weaves unobtrusive historical research with a page-turning plot.’ THE TIMES ‘Taylor has not only succeeded in constructing a labyrinthine plot that is gripping to the last page, but he also created an entirely believable child, traumatised but resolute, whose plight is the fuel for true suspense.’ GUARDIAN"
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