Mortal Love
core novel 2004 Mortal Love
Record
| First published | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.63 (832 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780061051708 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The novel runs along three strands across two centuries. In the nineteenth century, the American painter Radborne Comstock takes work at Sarsinoor, an asylum on the Cornish coast run by the art collector Thomas Learmont, and becomes obsessed with a patient named Evienne Upstone. In the twentieth century, his grandson Valentine, a troubled painter, is shaped by a ghostly encounter with a woman in a painting. In the present, the journalist Daniel Rowlands, who is researching the legend of Tristan and Iseult, falls under the spell of Larkin Meade, a former mental patient, and she leads him toward the ruins of Sarsinoor. Behind all three runs a seductive presence from the faerie world that draws men in and ruins them.
Where it sits
- Universe: Mortal Love
- Series: Mortal Love core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Elizabeth Hand
Awards (verified)
- International Horror Guild Award (Novel), 2004: nominated
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2005: nominated
- Mythopoeic Award (Adult Literature), 2005: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (Mortal Love): A standalone novel in which a faerie presence haunts artists in Cornwall and London across two centuries.
Sources
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