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.
Product details
ASIN : 1786496402
Publisher : Atlantic Books; Main edition (5 July 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781786496409
ISBN-13 : 978-1786496409
Item Weight : 1 kg 50 g
Dimensions : 12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm
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