Martha Peake
Subtitle: a novel of the Revolution
By: Patrick McGrath.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Set among the teeming streets and desolate wharves of Hogarth's London, then shifting to the powder-keg colony of Massachusetts Bay, Martha Peake envelops the reader in a world on the brink of revolution, and introduces us to a flame-haired heroine who will live in the imagination long after the last page is turned.".

"Poet and smuggler Harry Peake lost his wife, Grace, in a tragic fire that left him horribly disfigured; he made a living displaying his deformed spine in the alehouses of eighteenth-century London; and his only solace was his devoted daughter, Martha, who inherited all of his fire but none of his passion for cheap gin. As the drink eats away at Harry's soul, it opens ancient wounds; when he commits one final act of unspeakable brutality, Martha, fearing for her life, must flee for the American colonies.

Once safely on America's shores, Martha immerses herself in the passions of smoldering rebellion. But even in this land of new beginnings, she is unable to escape the past. Caught up in a web of betrayals, she redeems herself with one final, unforgettable act of courage."--BOOK JACKET.