The Cockney Sparrow - Couverture souple

Court, Dilly

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099499649 ISBN 13 : 9780099499640

Editeur : Arrow, 2007

Synopsis

The enthralling new saga set in turn-of-the-twentieth-century London by the author of Tilly True

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dilly Court grew up in North East London and began her career in television, writing scripts for commercials. She is married with two grown-up children and four grandchildren, and now lives in Dorset on the beautiful Jurassic Coast with her husband and a large, yellow Labrador called Archie. She is the author of twelve novels. She also writes under the name of Lily Baxter.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Gifted with a beautiful soprano voice, young Clemency Skinner is forced to work as a pickpocket in order to support her crippled brother, Jack. Their feckless mother, Edith, has fallen into the clutches of an unscrupulous pimp, whose evil presence threatens their daily existence.

Befriended by Ned Hawkes and his kindly mother, Nell, Clemency struggles to escape from life in the slums of Stew Lane. She finds work with a troupe of buskers and is spotted by the manager of the Strand Theatre. Clemency looks set for operatic stardom, but a chance meeting with the mysterious Jared Stone brings danger and intrigue and threatens to change her life forever...


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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arrow
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099499649
• ISBN 13: 9780099499640
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 544
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible