Sweet Thames
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Atlantic Books
Published:5th Jul '18
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In the summer of 1849, cholera threatens the city and the people of London. The authorities send millions of gallons of sewage cascading into the Thames - for many Londoners the only source of drinking water.
Joshua Jeavons, a young and idealistic engineer, embarks on an obsessive quest to find the cause of the epidemic. As he labours in a fog of incomprehension, his domestic life is troubled by the baffling coldness of his beautiful bride, Isobella. But when she suddenly disappears, his desperate search for her takes him to a netherworld of slum-dwellers, pickpockets and scavengers of subterranean London.
Kneale certainly puts the gross into engrossing with his Gothic tale of murky intrigue, suspense and incest in Victorian London * Daily Mail *
Absolutely riveting * Daily Mail *
Engrossing * Sunday Telegraph, PRAISE FOR MATTHEW KNEALE *
Every page fizzes with linguistic invention * Guardian PRAISE FOR MATTHEW KNEALE *
Big, brave and brilliant * Economist, PRAISE FOR MATTHEW KNEALE *
ISBN: 9781786496409
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 20mm
Weight: 239g
320 pages
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