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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 The Asylum
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'Georgina Ferrars, a young woman living quietly with her uncle in London, wakes to find herself in a private asylum 200 miles away on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, with no memory of the past six weeks. Dr Straker, the charismatic physician in charge, tells her that she has suffered a seizure - and that her name is not Georgina Ferrars, but Lucy Ashton. A telegram from her uncle confirms that Georgina Ferrars is still in London. Her protests only serve to convince the doctors that she is in the grip of 'hysterical possession', and Georgina is certified insane.

So begins The Asylum, a gothic suspense novel set in late Victorian England. With no friends, no money, and no one she dare trust, Georgina is left with only her stubborn determination to find out what happened during those missing weeks, no matter how terrifying the consequences.'

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    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2013 .
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      • Published: 03/06/2013
      ISBN: 9780224097413 (pbk.)

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Gleeful Gothic Benjamin Chandler , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 353 2013;

— Review of The Asylum John Harwood , 2013 single work novel
Victorian Era Inspires Novel Fran Metcalf , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22-23 June 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of The Asylum John Harwood , 2013 single work novel
Short Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 June 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of The Asylum John Harwood , 2013 single work novel ; Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013 selected work short story
Pleasing Terror Paula Grunseit , 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 25)
[Review] The Asylum Paula Grunseit , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of The Asylum John Harwood , 2013 single work novel
[Review] The Asylum Paula Grunseit , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of The Asylum John Harwood , 2013 single work novel
Short Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 June 2013; (p. 34)

— Review of The Asylum John Harwood , 2013 single work novel ; Knitting and Other Stories : Margaret River Short Story Competition 2013 2013 selected work short story
Victorian Era Inspires Novel Fran Metcalf , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22-23 June 2013; (p. 20)

— Review of The Asylum John Harwood , 2013 single work novel
Gleeful Gothic Benjamin Chandler , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 353 2013;

— Review of The Asylum John Harwood , 2013 single work novel
Lip Lit : The Asylum Emily Tatti , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Lip Magazine 2013;

— Review of The Asylum John Harwood , 2013 single work novel
Pleasing Terror Paula Grunseit , 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 25)
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Cornwell, Oxfordshire,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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