![]() What follows is an intricately plotted and atmospheric tale of suspense with a spellbinding ghost story at its heart. But the man who’s invited her there, a troubled soul named Theo Gaspard, has hopes she’ll help him discover something quite different-Hugo’s lost conversations with someone called the Shadow of the Sepulcher. Recovering from her own losses, mythologist Jac L’Etoile arrives on the Isle of Jersey-where Hugo conducted the séances-hoping to uncover a secret about the island’s Celtic roots. ![]() Hugo’s transcriptions of these conversations have all been published. In the process, he claimed to have communed with the likes of Plato, Galileo, Shakespeare, Dante, Jesus-and even the Devil himself. Ten years later, Hugo began participating in hundreds of séances to reestablish contact with her. ![]() In 1843, novelist Victor Hugo’s beloved nineteen-year-old daughter drowned. ![]() From the author of The Book of Lost Fragrances comes a haunting novel about a grieving woman who discovers the lost journal of novelist Victor Hugo, awakening a mystery that spans centuries. ![]()
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