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La jeune Makepeace avait pourtant appris à se défendre contre les fantômes. Mais aujourd'hui, un esprit habite en elle. Il est sauvage, fort, en colère... et il est aussi son seul rempart contre la cruelle dynastie de son père. Dans un pays déchiré par la guerre, Makepeace va devoir faire un choix difficile : la liberté ou la vie.

A Skinful of Shadows is a dark YA historical fantasy set in the early part of the English Civil War. Kate is an illegitimate daughter of the aristocratic Fellmotte family, and as such, she shares their unique hereditary gift: the capacity to be possessed by ghosts. Reluctant to accept her appointed destiny as vessel for a coterie of her ancestors, she escapes. As she flees the pursuing Fellmottes across war-torn England, she accumulates a motley crew of her own allies, including outcasts, misfits, criminals, and one extremely angry dead bear. From Costa Book of the Year winner Frances Hardinge comes a new dark historical fantasy that’s sure to satisfy her leagues of fans who are eager for more.