Italian Boy
«Colourful without being sensationalist, the result is compelling»
Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times
A fascinating historical investigation that brilliantly illuminates a macabre episode in 1830s London and brings the capital's underclass roaring back to life. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Pimlico
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 368
- ISBN
- 9781844133307
- Utgivelsesår
- 2005
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- Short-listed for Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2005.
Anmeldelser
«Colourful without being sensationalist, the result is compelling»
Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times
«Brilliant»
Christopher Hirst, Independent
«Excellent...an impressively strong sense of 19th-century poverty seems to ooze from its pages and the details are fascinating»
Toby Clements, Daily Telegraph
«Engrossing...Wise exposes an entire "resurrection community" in London's underworld and shows how "The Italian Boy case" captured the public imagination»
Ian Pindar, Guardian
«A work of great skill and sympathy»
Peter Ackroyd, The Times