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The Walworth beauty / Michèle Roberts.
2011: When Madeleine loses her job as a lecturer, she decides to leave her riverside flat in cobbled Stew Lane, where history never feels far away and move to Apricot Place. Yet here too, in this quiet Walworth cul-de-sac, she senses the past encroaching: a shifting in the atmosphere, a current of unseen life. 1851: Joseph Benson has been employed by Henry Mayhew to help research his articles on the working classes. A family man with mouths to feed, Joseph is tasked with coaxing testimony from prostitutes. Roaming the Southwark streets, he is tempted by brothels' promises of pleasure - and as he struggles with his assignment, he seeks answers in Apricot Place, where the enigmatic Mrs. Dulcimer runs a boarding house. As these entwined stories unfold, alive with the sensations of London past and present, the two eras brush against each other.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781408883396 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 389 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: London : Bloomsbury, 2017.
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| Subject: | Walworth (London, England) > Fiction. London (England) > History > 1800-1950 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Rober | 31681010078400 | FICTION | Available | - |
Michèle Roberts is the author of thirteen highly acclaimed novels, including Daughters of the House, which won the WH Smith Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her most recent novel, Ignorance, was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2013 and her memoir, Paper Houses, was BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. She has also published poetry and short stories. She is emeritus professor of creative writing at the University of East Anglia. micheleroberts.co.uk
