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A criminal becomes a secret agent for Sir John Fielding and his Bow Street Runners in this historical novel set in eighteenth century London. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, London is a place of rapid expansion, population growth, and waves of crime like the city has never scene. The blind magistrate, Sir John Fielding, otherwise known as "The Blind Beak," has instigated a new law enforcement organization, the Bow Street Runners, to combat the rise of criminals. Londoner Nick Rathburn is a man of a mysterious birth, who finds his luck coming and going throughout his life. A petty thief, he manages to fight his way out of Newgate Gaol and by some twist of fate, becomes a secret agent for The Blind Beak himself. Meanwhile, as protests against the Catholic Church devolve into the infamous Gordon riots, and Sir John finds himself caught amidst the terrorizing mob, Nick faces death on the gallows at Tyburn . . .… (altro)
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This is the story of NIck Rathburn, of mysterious birth who finds himself rising and falling in luck through the years with, as a pivot for both good and bad luck, Sir John Fielding. Nick has a variety of pretty cliched adventures and finds himself condemned to death.
It's readable but I found my attention wavering more than once. The character and adventures are quite cliched and, having read several stories of this ilk, had no problems guessing what happened next. Many period romances are better written ( )
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It was eight o'clock on night in mid-October, 1766, the clock of St. Sepulchre's Church was striking, the dull heavy notes falling on the misty moonlight air being taken up in varying tones by other clocks in the neighbourhood of Newgate Prison.
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And the Swiftsure sailed on into the enfolding shadows, while that tall, black-garbed figure, the white streak in his dark hair ruffled by the salt sea-spray, remained on deck, until the ship swung into the English Channel, the Isle of Wight curled low to starboard, and set her course westwards, the sailors chanting: '...All for across the wat'ry world; Horrah, we be outward bound...'
A criminal becomes a secret agent for Sir John Fielding and his Bow Street Runners in this historical novel set in eighteenth century London. At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, London is a place of rapid expansion, population growth, and waves of crime like the city has never scene. The blind magistrate, Sir John Fielding, otherwise known as "The Blind Beak," has instigated a new law enforcement organization, the Bow Street Runners, to combat the rise of criminals. Londoner Nick Rathburn is a man of a mysterious birth, who finds his luck coming and going throughout his life. A petty thief, he manages to fight his way out of Newgate Gaol and by some twist of fate, becomes a secret agent for The Blind Beak himself. Meanwhile, as protests against the Catholic Church devolve into the infamous Gordon riots, and Sir John finds himself caught amidst the terrorizing mob, Nick faces death on the gallows at Tyburn . . .
It's readable but I found my attention wavering more than once. The character and adventures are quite cliched and, having read several stories of this ilk, had no problems guessing what happened next. Many period romances are better written ( )