- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Chatto & Windus (5 Mar 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0701182237
- ISBN-13: 978-0701182236
- Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 2.7 x 20.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 639,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Her novel has an undeniable verve and a brash energy"
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A deft, entertaining, fast-paced and suspenseful tale . . . a page turner.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
A compelling tale of an ambitious 'bookish' country girl and her desire for a better life in 19th century London. It's a highly evocative story, mostly set in and around London's east end. Featuring such dubious characters as Emmeline Spragg who keeps the sliced off ear of a snitch in her pocket for comfort and who has a face that makes all who have had the misfortune to look upon it recoil, and Mr Ivor Squall a crooked insect of a man who is the catalyst for the events that re-ignite the past misdemeanours of our 'heroine' Miss Grace Hammer.
'The Fortunes of Grace Hammer' is an expressive, vivid account of life in London at that time. There are potent descriptions of characters and settings, you can almost smell the streets, and a compelling storyline that lifts the novel out of the usual 'historical pot-boiler' genre.
If you liked 'The Crimson Petal and the White' and your Dickens, and even a splash of Peter Ackroyd then you'll enjoy 'The Fortunes of Grace Hammer'.
'The Fortunes of Grace Hammer' is an expressive, vivid account of life in London at that time. There are potent descriptions of characters and settings, you can almost smell the streets, and a compelling storyline that lifts the novel out of the usual 'historical pot-boiler' genre.
If you liked 'The Crimson Petal and the White' and your Dickens, and even a splash of Peter Ackroyd then you'll enjoy 'The Fortunes of Grace Hammer'.
Format:Paperback
Story was set in East London ,Victorian Times and it tried hard to reflect these times..
Perfectly easy read where you were able to switch off your own troubles and share the heroines because
she always has to stay on her toes!!
Perfectly easy read where you were able to switch off your own troubles and share the heroines because
she always has to stay on her toes!!
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I enjoyed this book and it was the first I have read by Sara Stockbridge, who I recently saw at a Bookclub event in London. The story is lively and fun.
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