Summary: |
In Victorian London, after his life is saved by a young physician, a thief utilizes the knowledge he gains in prison and from the scientific lectures he attends as the physician's case study exhibit to create a new, highly successful, double life for himself.
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Physical Description: |
232 p. ; 22 cm.
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Awards: |
A Junior Library Guild selection.
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ISBN: |
0439580358 (hardcover) :
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Author Notes: |
Eleanor Updale studied history at St. Anne's College in Oxford, England, before becoming a producer of television and radio current affairs programs for the BBC. She is studying for a Ph.D. at the new Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary, University of London. She is also a trustee of the charity Listening Books. Ms. Updale lives in England.
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