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.
Publisher: Atlantic BooksISBN: 9781786496409Number of pages: 320Weight: 239 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mmEdition: Main
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Kneale certainly puts the gross into engrossing with his Gothic tale of murky intrigue,suspense and incest in Victorian LondonAbsolutely rivetingEngrossingEvery page fizzes with linguistic invention Big,brave and brilliant
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