The Illumination of Ursula Flight

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Review ------ ‘...abounds with ribald wit. Crowhurst has an affinity for table-turning Restoration theatre and a talent for deliciously pert dialogue. A thoroughly original work of imagination.’ --The Times ‘...offers a joyous romp through Restoration England, with a heroine who lingers long in the imagination after the final page.’ - Guardian ‘…good, tongue-in-cheek fun.’ -- Sunday Times ‘[a] riotous coming-of-age debut’ --Psychologies ‘I find this funny, eccentric, touching novel fairly irresistible. Ursula's story is told in an inventive mix of modes, through fragments and lists and plays and letters; it's a spirited funny romp and yet it feels much more than that too - touching and urgent and vivid. It's fluent, accomplished, polished, funny and charming.’--Tessa Hadley ‘This sprightly, romping novel revels in its period: the Restoration world of Ursula Flight is presented with irresistible relish. Crowhurst's enthusiasm for her subject is contagious, and her playful handling of form shows great control and confidence. Bravo!’ --Imogen Hermes Gower, author of THE MERMAID AND MRS HANCOCK ‘This 17th century coming-of-age tale is at once subversive, moving and utterly fresh and original.’ --Nathan Filer ‘Witty, engaging and very clever, The Illumination of Ursula Flight is absolutely my kind of novel.’ --Elizabeth Fremantle ' ...[this] debut novel sweeps us away to the world of Ursula Flight, wannabe actress and playwright in 17th-century Britain. Ursula is a spirited and funny protagonist.' --Sarah Shaffi, Stylist 'A glorious book, cleverly done and lushly written with a witty, vivid heroine.' --Kiran Millwood Hargrave " Book Description ---------------- The charming, droll (and just a little bit bawdy) picaresque tale of one woman's coming of age both on and off the stage in seventeenth-century England