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The American Boy

Andrew Taylor

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English
Harper Collins
23 October 2018
England 1819. Thomas Shield, a master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the child's sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Helplessly drawn to Frant's beautiful, unhappy mother, Shield becomes entwined in their family's affairs.

When a brutal murder takes place in London's seedy backstreets, all clues lead to the Frant family, and Shield is tangled in a web of lies, money, sex and death that threatens to tear his new life apart.

Soon, it emerges that at the heart of these macabre events lies the strange American boy. What secrets is the young Edgar Allan Poe hiding?

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Imprint:   Harper Collins
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 38mm
Weight:   450g
ISBN:   9780008300753
ISBN 10:   0008300755
Pages:   512
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of novels, including the Dougal and Lydmouth crime series, the historical thrillers Bleeding Heart Square and The Anatomy of Ghosts, the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel, and The American Boy, his No. 1 bestselling historical novel which was a 2005 Richard & Judy Book Club choice. He has won many awards, including the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger, an Edgar Scroll from the Mystery Writers of America, the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (the only author to win it twice) and the CWA's prestigious Diamond Dagger, awarded for sustained excellence in crime writing. He also writes for the Spectator. He lives with his wife Caroline in the Forest of Dean.

Reviews for The American Boy

‘One of the Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade’ Sunday Times ‘An enthralling read from start to finish’ The Times ‘Deeply absorbing and beautifully written’ Independent ‘Hugely entertaining, beguiling and atmospheric’ Observer ‘Delightful…it will have you desperate to search out a quiet corner to continue your acquaintance with it’ Daily Telegraph


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