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In the summer of 1849, cholera threatens the city and the people of London. The authorities send millions of gallons of sewage cascading into the Thames - for many Londoners the only source of drinking water.

Joshua Jeavons, a young and idealistic engineer, embarks on an obsessive quest to find the cause of the epidemic. As he labours in a fog of incomprehension, his domestic life is troubled by the baffling coldness of his beautiful bride, Isobella. But when she suddenly disappears, his desperate search for her takes him to a netherworld of slum-dwellers, pickpockets and scavengers of subterranean London.



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Kneale certainly puts the gross into engrossing with his Gothic tale of murky intrigue, suspense and incest in Victorian London * Daily Mail *
Absolutely riveting * Daily Mail *
Engrossing * Sunday Telegraph, PRAISE FOR MATTHEW KNEALE *
Every page fizzes with linguistic invention * Guardian PRAISE FOR MATTHEW KNEALE *
Big, brave and brilliant * Economist, PRAISE FOR MATTHEW KNEALE *

Sweet Thames

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      Publisher Atlantic Books
      Published 5 July 2018
      ISBN-13 9781786496409
      978-1786496409
      ISBN-10 1786496402
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      Historical Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In the summer of 1849, cholera threatens the city and the people of London. The authorities send millions of gallons of sewage cascading into the Thames - for many Londoners the only source of drinking water.

      Joshua Jeavons, a young and idealistic engineer, embarks on an obsessive quest to find the cause of the epidemic. As he labours in a fog of incomprehension, his domestic life is troubled by the baffling coldness of his beautiful bride, Isobella. But when she suddenly disappears, his desperate search for her takes him to a netherworld of slum-dwellers, pickpockets and scavengers of subterranean London.



      Trade Review
      Kneale certainly puts the gross into engrossing with his Gothic tale of murky intrigue, suspense and incest in Victorian London * Daily Mail *
      Absolutely riveting * Daily Mail *
      Engrossing * Sunday Telegraph, PRAISE FOR MATTHEW KNEALE *
      Every page fizzes with linguistic invention * Guardian PRAISE FOR MATTHEW KNEALE *
      Big, brave and brilliant * Economist, PRAISE FOR MATTHEW KNEALE *

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