She sang with the voice of a nightingale...
Gifted with a beautiful soprano voice, young Clemency Skinner is forced to work as a pickpocket in order to support her crippled brother, Jack. Their feckless mother, Edith, has fallen into the clutches of unscrupulous pimp, Todd Hardiman, whose evil presence threatens their daily existence.
Befriended by Ned Hawkes and his kindly mother, Nell, Clemency struggles to escape from life in the slums of Stew Lane. She finds work with a troupe of buskers run by larger than life Augustus Throop, and is spotted by the manager of the Strand Theatre. Clemency looks set for operatic stardom, but a chance meeting with the mysterious Jared Stone brings danger and intrigue and threatens to change her life forevermore...
| ISBN: | 9780099499640 |
| Publication date: | 20th September 2007 |
| Author: | Dilly Court |
| Publisher: | Arrow Books an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 535 pages |
| Primary Genre | Sagas |
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She sang with the voice of a nightingale...Gifted with a beautiful soprano voice, young Clemency Skinner is forced to work as a pickpocket in order to support her crippled brother, Jack. Their feckless mother, Edith, has fallen into the clutches of unscrupulous pimp, Todd Hardiman, whose evil presence threatens their daily existence.Befriended by Ned Hawkes and his kindly mother, Nell, Clemency struggles to escape from life in the slums of Stew Lane.
The Cockney Sparrow features in the following genres: Sagas, Fiction
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The Cockney Sparrow was written by Dilly Court and published by Arrow Books an imprint of Random House
The Cockney Sparrow has 535 pages
