"Strange and haunting, a gothic novel with a modern consciousness." --Philippa Gregory</p>"A haunting, sophisticated story about a woman discovering the truth about herself and the elusive, possibly illusive, nature of genius." --<i>Sunday Times</i></p> "Mesmerizing, haunting, imbued with a complete sense of historical verisimilitude" --<i>Times Literary Supplement</i></p>"A psychologically haunting and disturbing tale as full of mystery, exotic foreign places, and questions of parentage as any penned by her protagonist." --<i>Library Journal</i></p>"Thrilling and heartbreaking, a gothic novel with emotional heart and depth." --<i>Foreword Reviews</i></p>"A darkly mischievous novel about love, obsession and the burden of charisma, played out against the backdrop of Venice's watery, decadent glory." --Sarah Dunant</p>"A mesmerizing story of love and obsession in nineteenth-century Venice: dark and utterly compelling." --Natasha Solomons</p>Set in bustling Regency England and decaying Venice, <i>A Man of Genius</i> portrays a psychological journey from safety into secrecy and obsession. After a troubled childhood, Ann achieves independence earning her living as an author of Gothic novels. Within a group of male writers, she meets and is enthralled by the supposed poetic genius, Robert James. They become uneasy lovers. Ann and Robert travel from London through a Europe exhausted by the Napoleonic Wars. They arrive in a Venice of spies and intrigue, where their relationship becomes tortuous and Robert descends into near madness. Forced to flee with a stranger, Ann delves into her past to be jolted by a series of revelations about her lover, her parentage, the stranger, and herself.</p>
