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The Woman Who Went Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel

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Sep 2024
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General Fiction General Fiction

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School teacher. Widow. Legend.

Meet the courageous Mrs Annie Edson Taylor. The bravest woman you've never heard of and the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel – over a decade before any male daredevil had the balls to do the same!

From the author of the bestselling Heather's Picks title Mrs Van Gogh, comes a gripping new historical novel inspired by a true story.

About the author

Caroline Cauchi also writes as Caroline Smailes and her acclaimed novel, The Drowning of Arthur Braxton was adapted into a film starring James Tarpey and Johnny Vegas. It won Best UK Feature 2021 at Raindance film festival. Matt Haig called the novel, ‘magical, weird, wonderful'.

Caroline worked as a lecturer for several years before turning her hand to fiction. She lives in Liverpool with her husband and children.

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First Edition Sep 2024 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN 000852453X
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