by Matthew Kneale · Le Grand Livre Du Mois · tapa dura · ISBN 9782702884386
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«Douce Tamise» is the historical novel by Matthew Kneale, published by Le Grand Livre Du Mois in hardback (385 pages, in French).
London, summer 1849. Engineer Joshua Jeavons, determined to clean up the city, sees his world collapse when his wife Isobella disappears after fleeing their home. His search drags him from respectable neighbourhoods to the slums of Haymarket and Seven Dials, where he discovers a society marked by misery, corruption, and also the humanity of the outcasts.
The original novel, «Sweet Thames», was published in 1992 and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. This French edition is from 2003.
For readers of historical fiction interested in Victorian London, the slums, and marginal characters.
Matthew Kneale is a British writer. He is best known for his 2000 novel English Passengers.
