“Those who admired Chevalier's atmospheric evocation of 17th-century Delft will find much to enjoy in her vivid reconstruction of late 18th-century London. “Burning Bright is an ambitious, impressively-researched novel…You can almost smell the smoke and mildewed clothes, see the gaunt, pock-marked faces of people struggling to survive and sense Jem's wonder as he gazes across the murky Thames to a perplexing world.” DAILY EXPRESS “A splendidly vital recreation of Georgian London.” SUNDAY TIMES Jem and Maggie's passage from innocence to experience becomes the very stuff of poetic inspiration… Together they encounter the neighbour they've been warned about: radical poet and artist William Blake. Luckily, streetwise Maggie Butterfield is on hand to show Jem the ropes. They struggle to find their place in this tumultuous city, still alive with the repercussions of the blood-splattered French Revolution. Not ordering to the United States Click here. Expected delivery to the United States in 6-11 business days. Uprooted from their quiet Dorset village to the riotous streets of London, young Jem Kellaway and his family feel very far from home. In The Virgin Blue, Tracy Chevalier transports us back to 16th-century France during the development of the Protestant Reformation and the subsequent persecution of the Huguenots-followers of John Calvin's preaching of the 'Truth.' Isabelle du Moulin-called 'La Rousse' for her copper-colored hair-is tormented and shunned by her hardworking, God. By (author) Tracy Chevalier US10.79 US12.64 You save US1.85 Also available in CD-Audio US25.83 Free delivery worldwide Available. ‘Tell me, then: would you say you are innocent or experienced?'ġ792.
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