The stargazer's sister /
Brown, Carrie, 1959-
The stargazer's sister / Carrie Brown. - First edition. - 332 pages ; 21 cm
Hanover, 1755-1772. Victory ; Moon ; Night ; Friend ; Mystery -- England, 1772-1776. Storm ; Solitude ; Seeing ; Andromeda ; Winter ; Shadow ; Planet ; Observatory House -- England, 1788-1822. Hooked ; Comet ; Silence -- Lisbon, 1823-1833. Star ; Dark -- Hanover, 1833-1848. Light.
William Herschel rescues his sister Caroline from a life of drudgery in Germany and brings her to England and a world of music making and stargazing. Lina serves as William's assistant and the captain of his exhilaratingly busy household. An obsessive genius whom Lina adores and serves with the fervency of a beloved wife, her world collapses when William suddenly announces that he will be married.
9780804197939 0804197938
2015014806
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848 --Fiction.
Herschel, William, 1738-1822 --Fiction.
Women astronomers--Great Britain--Fiction.
Astronomers--Great Britain--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
The stargazer's sister / Carrie Brown. - First edition. - 332 pages ; 21 cm
Hanover, 1755-1772. Victory ; Moon ; Night ; Friend ; Mystery -- England, 1772-1776. Storm ; Solitude ; Seeing ; Andromeda ; Winter ; Shadow ; Planet ; Observatory House -- England, 1788-1822. Hooked ; Comet ; Silence -- Lisbon, 1823-1833. Star ; Dark -- Hanover, 1833-1848. Light.
William Herschel rescues his sister Caroline from a life of drudgery in Germany and brings her to England and a world of music making and stargazing. Lina serves as William's assistant and the captain of his exhilaratingly busy household. An obsessive genius whom Lina adores and serves with the fervency of a beloved wife, her world collapses when William suddenly announces that he will be married.
9780804197939 0804197938
2015014806
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia, 1750-1848 --Fiction.
Herschel, William, 1738-1822 --Fiction.
Women astronomers--Great Britain--Fiction.
Astronomers--Great Britain--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.