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Pure

By: Andrew Miller
Narrated by: Jonathan Aris
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A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests. A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love.... A year unlike any other he has lived.

Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it.

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.

©2012 Andrew Miller (P)2012 Hodder & Stoughton Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Romance
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Interesting time in Paris. And fascinating story of people and places that lived at the end of the 18th century. Well written, great use of French language.

Fascinating story of a fascinating time in Paris

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