Sweet Thames
by Matthew Kneale | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0552995428 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0552995428 Global Overview for this book
Registered by rahar109 of Ash Vale, Surrey United Kingdom on 8/14/2007
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An engineer''s obsessive quest to find the cause of a cholera epidemic takes him on a journey from the glittering cafes of Haymarket to the crime-infested slums of London. What he finds there, amid the poverty and death, shatters his ideals and strikes at everything he holds dear.
An engineer''s obsessive quest to find the cause of a cholera epidemic takes him on a journey from the glittering cafes of Haymarket to the crime-infested slums of London. What he finds there, amid the poverty and death, shatters his ideals and strikes at everything he holds dear.
Journal Entry 2 by rahar109 at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (8/14/2007 UTC) at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Passed to WistfulDragon/Diomedes for The Convention 2008.
Passed to WistfulDragon/Diomedes for The Convention 2008.
Journal Entry 3 by London2008Con from -- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Given for the Convention - thank you!
Picked up at the Convention to release as part of the "London Release challenge".
Journal Entry 5 by MrsDanvers at Albert Memorial, Hyde Park in Hyde Park, Greater London United Kingdom on Sunday, April 20, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (4/20/2008 UTC) at Albert Memorial, Hyde Park in Hyde Park, Greater London United Kingdom
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As Albert's early death from typhoid was thought to be due to the poor sanitary conditions of the time it seemed a fitting place to release this book about someone determined to improve the sewage system of Victorian London.
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Attached to the railings around the Albert Memorial.
As Albert's early death from typhoid was thought to be due to the poor sanitary conditions of the time it seemed a fitting place to release this book about someone determined to improve the sewage system of Victorian London.
Hi and if you are new to all this, welcome to Bookcrossing.
It would really be appreciated if you would make a comment about the book, where you found it and what you thought of it.
The book is now yours to read, keep, or pass it on. We'd like to know where it travels to, and if you don't want to join you can do this anonymously.
If you would like to know what happens to the book after you have passed it on please join. It doesn't cost anything, it's private and it's interesting to travel by proxy around the world.
If you do join, I hope you'll put my name down - mrsdanvers - as your referring member.