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The Fatal Tree

Af: Jake Arnott Engelsk Paperback

The Fatal Tree

Af: Jake Arnott Engelsk Paperback
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''A work of dazzling imagination and linguistic inventiveness'' Observer

Newgate Gaol, 1726. An anonymous writer sets down the words of Edgworth Bess as she confides the adventures and misfortunes that led her all too soon to the judgement of London:

Cruelly deceived, Bess is cast out onto the streets of the wicked city - and by nightfall her ruin is already certain. What matters now is her survival of it.

In that dangerous underworld known in thieves'' cant as Romeville, she will learn new tricks and trades. And all begins with her fateful meeting, that very first night, with the corrupt thief-taker general Jonathan Wild.

But it is the infamous gaol-breaker, Jack Sheppard, who will lay Romeville at her feet . . .

Drawing on the true story that mesmerised eighteenth-century society, the acclaimed author of The Long Firm delivers a tour de force: a riveting, artful tale of crime and rough justice, love and betrayal. Rich in the street slang of the era, it vividly conjures up a murky world of illicit dens and molly-houses; a world where life was lived on the edge, in the shadow of that fatal tree - the gallows.

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''A work of dazzling imagination and linguistic inventiveness'' Observer

Newgate Gaol, 1726. An anonymous writer sets down the words of Edgworth Bess as she confides the adventures and misfortunes that led her all too soon to the judgement of London:

Cruelly deceived, Bess is cast out onto the streets of the wicked city - and by nightfall her ruin is already certain. What matters now is her survival of it.

In that dangerous underworld known in thieves'' cant as Romeville, she will learn new tricks and trades. And all begins with her fateful meeting, that very first night, with the corrupt thief-taker general Jonathan Wild.

But it is the infamous gaol-breaker, Jack Sheppard, who will lay Romeville at her feet . . .

Drawing on the true story that mesmerised eighteenth-century society, the acclaimed author of The Long Firm delivers a tour de force: a riveting, artful tale of crime and rough justice, love and betrayal. Rich in the street slang of the era, it vividly conjures up a murky world of illicit dens and molly-houses; a world where life was lived on the edge, in the shadow of that fatal tree - the gallows.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9781473637764
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1473637767
Kategori: Historiske romaner
Udg. Dato: 7 sep 2017
Længde: 22mm
Bredde: 138mm
Højde: 199mm
Forlag: Hodder & Stoughton
Oplagsdato: 7 sep 2017
Forfatter(e): Jake Arnott
Forfatter(e) Jake Arnott


Kategori Historiske romaner


ISBN-13 9781473637764


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 352


Udgave


Længde 22mm


Bredde 138mm


Højde 199mm


Udg. Dato 7 sep 2017


Oplagsdato 7 sep 2017


Forlag Hodder & Stoughton

Kategori sammenhænge