The vast memory of loveOffering the literary delight of the season, Bosse has captured the pulse and character of London in the 1770s in an exuberant tale that intertwines the lives of Henry Fielding, the Earl of Sandwich, and John Wilkes, among others, with the fate of a livery boy who has come to the city to make his fortune. Adventure, misadventure, and the affair of the boy and a kept woman combine to endlessly surpise and entertain. Illustrated. |
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THE VAST MEMORY OF LOVE
User Review - Jane Doe - KirkusIn a departure from the Asian and apocalyptic milieus of The Warlord (1983) and Mister Touch (1991), Bosse here re-creates Henry Fielding's London—and the gout-ridden father of the novel himself- -in ... Read full review
Contents
Prologue i | 3 |
Part Two The Return | 55 |
Part Three The Canning Case | 105 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The vast memory of love |
| Author | Malcolm Joseph Bosse |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Ticknor & Fields, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Mar 5, 2008 |
| Length | 482 pages |
| Subjects | › Detective and mystery stories Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Historical fiction London (England) London (England) - History - 18th century - Fiction Young men Young men - Fiction Young men/ Fiction |
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