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Read "The Fortunes of Grace Hammer: A Novel of the Victorian Underworld" by Sara Stockbridge available from Rakuten Kobo. "Stockbridge captures the mood of Dickensian London perfectly in this gripping debut."—Booklist Whitechapel, Grace. "Stockbridge captures the mood of Dickensian London perfectly in this gripping debut."—Booklist Whitechapel, Grace Hammer and her children live comfortably in Bell Lane, their home a little oasis in the squalor of London's East End. They make their living picking the pockets of wealthy s. "Hammer," a novel of the Victorian underworld of London, is the debut of Sara Stockbridge, starlet-actress, model, and well-known muse of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood during the s. Stockbridge, who strongly resembles the late Marilyn Monroe, has produced a fast and fun book for her first effort.
bltadwin.ru: Grace Hammer: A Novel of the Victorian Underworld: Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Fast-paced, racy, and reminiscent of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, Grace Hammer depicts nineteenth-century London amid corruption and a plague of poverty, peopled by orphans, harlots, and petty thieves. Sara Stockbridge introduces an unlikely heroine in Grace Hammer, a captivating young matriarch in a complicated web of intrigue, deceit, loyalties, and betrayal. Part Victorian romp, part morality tale, Grace Hammer introduces an unusual heroine: a professional thief who has cut her teeth on the mean streets of London’s East End in the late 19th century. The era is defined by the Industrial Revolution, Britain’s expansion of empire and the colonization of India but is also memorable for its rampant poverty and extremely lax living conditions in less fortunate areas of the city.
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