tipping the velvet virago 50th anniversary edition sarah waters

Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith and The Night Watch have been adapted for television. She has won a Betty Trask Award, the Somerset Maugham Award and her books have been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. She was awarded the Stonewall Writer of the Decade in 2016. About the Author Sarah Waters was born in Wales. Sarah Waters has written five subsequent bestselling novels, all of which have been filmed or are currently in production and she has received critical and popular acclaim and prize shortlists. `One of the best storytellers alive today' - Independent. It launched the career of one of Britain's most exciting and successful writers. A saucy, sensuous and multi-layered historical romance, Tipping the Velvet follows the glittering career of Nan King - oyster girl turned music-hall star turned rent boy turned East End 'tom'. Before writing novels Waters worked as an academic, earning a doctorate and teaching. Waters attended university, earning degrees in English literature. Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen. She is best known for her first novel, Tipping the Velvet, as well the novels that followed, including Affinity, Fingersmith, and The Night Watch. 2,787,964.59 generated for local bookshops Tipping The Velvet: Virago 50th Anniversary Edition Sarah Waters (Author) FORMAT Paperback English 11.99 Paperback English 9.99 9.49 Hardback English 12.99 12.34 SEE ALL FORMATS add to basket add to wishlist Out of Stock. `One of the best storytellers alive today' - Independent. Tipping The Velvet: Virago 50th Anniversary Edition a book by Sarah Waters.

Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen.

Tipping the velvet virago 50th anniversary edition sarah waters