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A first UK edition hardback with a stated First World edition published in Great Britain in 2021. Pictorial boards. Un-priced dust jacket which is the norm now for Severn House books. Unread.
A Gaslight Mystery (Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins).
SYNOPSIS: “March, 1859. After the ‘Great Stink’ of the previous summer when Parliament was overwhelmed by the stench of sewage from the River Thames, and with cholera running rife throughout the city, Charles Dickens has a new enthusiasm. Having formed a firm friendship with Joseph Bazalgette, he is assisting the ambitious young engineer in his efforts to find a solution to London’s pollution problem.
During an exhibition to showcase Bazalgette’s and other top engineers’ plans to solve the sewage issue, proceedings are disrupted by a high-pitched, agonised scream – and the discovery of a bloodsoaked body; the result – it would appear – of a terrible accident. Dickens, however, is convinced of foul play, and once again he and Wilkie Collins set about uncovering the shocking truth.”
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