тАШA splendidly vital recreation of Georgian LondonтАЩ Sunday Times
тАШTell me, then: would you say you are innocent or experienced?тАЩ
1792. Uprooted from their quiet Dorset village to the riotous streets of London, young Jem Kellaway and his family feel very far from home. They struggle to find their place in this tumultuous city, still alive with the repercussions of the blood-splattered French Revolution.
Luckily, streetwise Maggie Butterfield is on hand to show Jem the ropes. Together they encounter the neighbour theyтАЩve been warned about: radical poet and artist William Blake. Jem and MaggieтАЩs passage from innocence to experience becomes the very stuff of poetic inspiration...
Tracy Chevalier is the author of six novels, including the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring, Remarkable Creatures, The Virgin Blue, Falling Angels, and The Lady and the Unicorn. Born in Washington, DC, she moved to London in 1984, where she lives with her husband and son. She has a website at www.tchevalier.com.