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Black wreath : the stolen life of James Lovett / Peter Sirr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : The O'Brien Press, 2014.Description: 319 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781847175601 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.92 23
Summary: Dublin. A city in flux, its population swelling, a place of great wealth and grinding poverty, a playground for the rich but also a violent and dangerous city. Here James Lovett, 13 year old son of Lord Dunmain and heir to several titles and grand estates, finds himself homeless and dispossessed on the streets. His boorish, drunken father must conceal his son's existence to collect a large inheritance. He announces James's death and even stages a funeral in the city's cathedral. But James is not dead. A spirited and resourceful boy, he is surviving by the skin of teeth. Can he survive against terrible odds?
List(s) this item appears in: Historical Fiction | Irish Historical Fiction | Adventure
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Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F SIR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R13737A0499

Dublin. A city in flux, its population swelling, a place of great wealth and grinding poverty, a playground for the rich but also a violent and dangerous city. Here James Lovett, 13 year old son of Lord Dunmain and heir to several titles and grand estates, finds himself homeless and dispossessed on the streets. His boorish, drunken father must conceal his son's existence to collect a large inheritance. He announces James's death and even stages a funeral in the city's cathedral. But James is not dead. A spirited and resourceful boy, he is surviving by the skin of teeth. Can he survive against terrible odds?

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