Pure Av Andrew Miller

<p><h3> ⭐ Out now: <i>The Land in Winter</i>, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 ⭐<br><br><i>Pure</i>: an enthralling tale of an extraordinary year in pre-revolutionary Paris<br><br>Winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award</h3><br>''Irresistibly compelling'' <i><b>Sunday Telegraph</b><br></i><br>''Dazzling'' <i><b>Guardian</b><br></i><br>''A work of beauty'' <i><b>The Times</b></i><br><br> Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. <br><br>Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it.<br><br> At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.<br><br><br><h3>Praise for Andrew Miller</h3><br>''Andrew Miller''s writing is a source of wonder and delight'' <b>Hilary Mantel</b><br><br>''One of our most skilful chroniclers of the human heart and mind'' <i><b>Sunday Times<br></b></i><br>''One of the best writers at work today'' <b><i>Telegraph</i></b><br><br>''A wonderful storyteller'' <i><b>Spectator</b><br></i><br>''One of those rare novelists who can rock up in any time and place and convincingly inhabit that particular historical moment'' <b><i>The Times</i></b></p>