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Interweaving real and fictional elements, The American Boy is a major new literary historical crime novel in the tradition of An Instance of the Fingerpost and Possession. England 1819: Thomas Shield, a new master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the boy's sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Drawn to Frant's beautiful, unhappy mother, Thomas becomes caught up in her family's twisted intrigues. Then a brutal crime is committed, with consequences that threaten to destroy Thomas and all that he has come to hold dear. Despite his efforts, Shield is caught up in a deadly tangle of sex, money, murder and lies -- a tangle that grips him tighter even as he tries to escape from it. And what of the strange American child, at the heart of these macabre events, yet mysterious -- what is the secret of the boy named Edgar Allen Poe?
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The American Boy, John Robert Taylor
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2004
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- Titel
- The American Boy
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- John Robert Taylor
- Uitgever
- Harper Perennial
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2004
- Formaat
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0007109601
- ISBN13
- 9780007109609
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Detectives & Thriller, Historische romans, Detectiveverhalen, Liefde, Thrillers, Familie, Spanning, Moorden, Dood, Engeland, 19e Eeuw, Seksualiteit & intimiteit, Verenigd Koninkrijk, Engelse literatuur, Matrimonium, Londen, Historische detectives, Lerares, leraren, professoren, Leraar en Leerling
- Eerste editie
- 2004
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- The American Boy
- Beoordeling
- 3,6 van 5
- Aantekening
- Interweaving real and fictional elements, The American Boy is a major new literary historical crime novel in the tradition of An Instance of the Fingerpost and Possession. England 1819: Thomas Shield, a new master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the boy's sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Drawn to Frant's beautiful, unhappy mother, Thomas becomes caught up in her family's twisted intrigues. Then a brutal crime is committed, with consequences that threaten to destroy Thomas and all that he has come to hold dear. Despite his efforts, Shield is caught up in a deadly tangle of sex, money, murder and lies -- a tangle that grips him tighter even as he tries to escape from it. And what of the strange American child, at the heart of these macabre events, yet mysterious -- what is the secret of the boy named Edgar Allen Poe?