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THE FATAL TREE
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| By: |
Jake Arnott |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1473637740 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781473637740 |
| Publisher: |
HODDER & STOUGHTON GENERAL DIVISION |
| Pub. date: |
23 February, 2017 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
A seductive, clever tale of crime, punishment and love among thieves set in 1720s London - Jake Arnott does for the 18th century what he did for the 1960s in his cult hit THE LONG FIRM. |
| Synopsis: |
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.Includes a glossary. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Sceptre |
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Returnable |
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