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The Lambs of London : A Novel

by Ackroyd, P

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Red booklabel of Stuart B. Schimmel (who had a distinguished collection on literary forgery) on front pastedown endpaper, otherw
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Nan A. Talese, New York, later (US) impression, 2006. Cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 22 cm,. 213, [3] pp,. From the blurb - "A tour de force in the tradition of Hawksmoor and Chatterton, Peter Ackroyd' s new novel of deceit and betrayal is a witty reimagining of a great nineteenth-century Shakespeare forgery. Charles and Mary Lamb, who will achieve lasting fame as the authors of Tales from Shakespeare for children, are still living at their parents' home. Charles, an aspiring writer bored stiff by his job as a clerk at the East India Company, enjoys a drink or three too many each night at the local pub. His sister, Mary, is trapped in domesticity, caring for her ailing, dotty father and her maddening mother. The siblings' enchantment with Shakespeare provides a much-needed escape, and they delight in reading and quoting the great bard. When William Ireland, an ambitious young antiquarian bookseller, comes into their lives claiming to possess a “lost” Shakespearean play, the Lambs can barely contain their excitement. As word of the amazing find spreads, scholars and actors alike beat a path to Ireland' s door, and soon all of London is eagerly anticipating opening night of a star-studded production of the play. Red booklabel of Stuart B. Schimmel (who had a distinguished collection on literary forgery) on front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Fine in Fine dustwrapper.

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Bookseller
Wykeham Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
BIBLIO-29753
Title
The Lambs of London : A Novel
Author
Ackroyd, P
Format/Binding
Cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 22 cm,
Book Condition
Used - Red booklabel of Stuart B. Schimmel (who had a distinguished collection on literary forgery) on front pastedown endpaper, otherw
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Nan A. Talese, New York, later (US) impression, 2006
Date Published
2006
Pages
213, [3] pp,
Keywords
Ackroyd, Peter Young men England London Fiction. Antiquarian booksellers England London Fiction. London (England) Intellectual life 19th century Fiction. 0385514611 9780385514613
Bookseller catalogs
Fiction;

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