Author: Barbara Vine
Publisher: Viking Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
An unforgettable tale of mystery and obsession by Barbara Vine (pseudonym of Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement) This is the utterly absorbing story of best-selling novelist Gerald Candless, whose sudden death from a heart attack leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, one of his daughters, Sarah, decides to write a biography of her internationally celebrated father. Within hours of beginning her research, Sarah comes across the first of what will be many shocking revelations. As her life is slowly torn apart, a terrible logic finally emerges to explain her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself in his work, and a long-forgotten London murder.
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
Author: Barbara Vine
Publisher: Viking Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
An unforgettable tale of mystery and obsession by Barbara Vine (pseudonym of Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement) This is the utterly absorbing story of best-selling novelist Gerald Candless, whose sudden death from a heart attack leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, one of his daughters, Sarah, decides to write a biography of her internationally celebrated father. Within hours of beginning her research, Sarah comes across the first of what will be many shocking revelations. As her life is slowly torn apart, a terrible logic finally emerges to explain her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself in his work, and a long-forgotten London murder.
Publisher: Viking Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
An unforgettable tale of mystery and obsession by Barbara Vine (pseudonym of Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement) This is the utterly absorbing story of best-selling novelist Gerald Candless, whose sudden death from a heart attack leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, one of his daughters, Sarah, decides to write a biography of her internationally celebrated father. Within hours of beginning her research, Sarah comes across the first of what will be many shocking revelations. As her life is slowly torn apart, a terrible logic finally emerges to explain her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself in his work, and a long-forgotten London murder.
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
Author: Barbara Vine
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416531939
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
As Sarah researches her famous father's past for her memoir, shocking secrets come to light and threaten her world.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416531939
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
As Sarah researches her famous father's past for her memoir, shocking secrets come to light and threaten her world.
British Chimney Sweeps
Author: Benita Cullingford
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1566633451
Category : Chimney sweeps
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The art and science of chimney sweeping are examined in detailed for the first time in this lively and fascinating book.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1566633451
Category : Chimney sweeps
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The art and science of chimney sweeping are examined in detailed for the first time in this lively and fascinating book.
The Chimney Sweep's Ransom
Author: Dave Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556612688
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A young English boy is sold to be trained as a chimney sweep and is rescued by his brother with the help of John Wesley. Ages 8-12.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556612688
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A young English boy is sold to be trained as a chimney sweep and is rescued by his brother with the help of John Wesley. Ages 8-12.
The Sweep's Boy
Author: Jim Eldridge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407111148
Category : Burglars
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
In The Sweep's Boy, My Story readers will be transported back to the fog-choked streets of 1870 London, a truly perilous place for a boy like Will. Forced by the Workhouse Master into employment as a chimney sweep, it isn't long before Will's aptitude for scaling small spaces attracts the attention of Hutch, a burglar with big ambitions . . .
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407111148
Category : Burglars
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
In The Sweep's Boy, My Story readers will be transported back to the fog-choked streets of 1870 London, a truly perilous place for a boy like Will. Forced by the Workhouse Master into employment as a chimney sweep, it isn't long before Will's aptitude for scaling small spaces attracts the attention of Hutch, a burglar with big ambitions . . .
The Chimney-Sweeper's Friend, and Climbing-Boy's Album. ... Arranged by J. M.
Author: James Montgomery
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
Author: Barbara Vine
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307801152
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
An unforgettable tale of mystery and obsession by Barbara Vine (pseudonym of Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement) This is the utterly absorbing story of best-selling novelist Gerald Candless, whose sudden death from a heart attack leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, one of his daughters, Sarah, decides to write a biography of her internationally celebrated father. Within hours of beginning her research, Sarah comes across the first of what will be many shocking revelations. As her life is slowly torn apart, a terrible logic finally emerges to explain her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself in his work, and a long-forgotten London murder.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307801152
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
An unforgettable tale of mystery and obsession by Barbara Vine (pseudonym of Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement) This is the utterly absorbing story of best-selling novelist Gerald Candless, whose sudden death from a heart attack leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, one of his daughters, Sarah, decides to write a biography of her internationally celebrated father. Within hours of beginning her research, Sarah comes across the first of what will be many shocking revelations. As her life is slowly torn apart, a terrible logic finally emerges to explain her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself in his work, and a long-forgotten London murder.
Songs of Innocence
Author: William Blake
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
The Chimney Sweeper
Author: William Blake
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780900731044
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780900731044
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
The Chimney-sweeper's Friend
Author: James Montgomery
Publisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description