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Edge graduated with an English Literature degree from Bristol University.
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The Company: The Story of a Murderer
("I, Jeronimus, am a man of phials, a measurer of powders ...)
"I, Jeronimus, am a man of phials, a measurer of powders on bronze scales, a potion brewer, an opium and arsenic merchant. The primped and perfumed Amsterdam burghers came to me in droves requiring cures for fevers, love balms, the miscarriage of a bastard child and, of course, poisons. Ah, poisons...". "The Company" is based on the true story of a Dutch East India flagship, the Batavia, which foundered off the coast of Western Australia in 1629. Jeronimus Cornelisz, a thirty-year-old apothecary with murder, mutiny, rape and torture on his mind, assumes command of the survivors, who all thought they were lucky to be alive. With Cornelisz in control, however, an extraordinary reign of terror begins, leaving those who survived wishing they had gone down with the ship. 'Elegant and hypnotically malevolent' - Kate Grenville, winner of the Orange Prize 2001. 'A compelling and utterly original story of shipwreck, madness and evil. It is written in gorgeous prose ...and features a splendidly ruthless villain. A fine, dark novel' - Patrick McGrath.
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Arabella Edge
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She moved to Sydney, Australia in 1992 and worked as an editor for several consumer illustrated magazines. Her short tales appeared in the literary illustrated magazines Westerly and Ulitarra. In 2002 Edge relocated from Sydney to the small township of Bicheno, Tasmania to work on her second novel.
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The Company: The Story of a Murderer
("I, Jeronimus, am a man of phials, a measurer of powders ...)
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The Company: The Story of a Murderer
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Commonwealth Writers Prize; Commonwealth Writers' Prize; Franklin Award 2001 — shortlisted Miles Franklin Award for The Company 2001 — winner Commonwealth Writers' Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best First Book Award for The Company 2001 — winner Herodotus for Historical Mystery, Best International Book Award for The Company The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a literary award presented by the Commonwealth Foundation, which awarded prizes for established and new writers across the Commonwealth of Nations.Commonwealth Writers Prize; Commonwealth Writers' Prize; Franklin Award 2001 — shortlisted Miles Franklin Award for The Company 2001 — winner Commonwealth Writers' Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best First Book Award for The Company 2001 — winner Herodotus for Historical Mystery, Best International Book Award for The Company The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a literary award presented by the Commonwealth Foundation, which awarded prizes for established and new writers across the Commonwealth of Nations.