Tobacco Dock by Sally Worboyes
In 1876 the slum dwellings of the East End are being replaced by the splendid dwellings of the rich. When Kelly's Yard is under threat, Rosie Bertram leads a campaign to stop the developers coming in. But then a woman is found murdered in Tobacco Dock and her close friend Albert is arrested, and Rosie has a more important mission - to discover the real killer before Albert is publically hanged in front of Newgate prison. Rosie tracks the killer, someone both she and Albert know all too well, and in doing so discovers horrific secrets and evidence too flimsy to stand up in court. She becomes so engrossed in her plight, she leaves the saving of Kelly's Yard to her poverty-stricken neighbours, who may be too weak to fight the powers that be...
"Unbridled passions run riot' - Daily Mail, on Wild Hops; 'She brings the East End to life' - Barbara Windsor; 'An excellent book combining humour and passion' - Telegraph and Argus; 'It's a rich, vivid, three-dimensional, gutsy and sexy narrative which has you turning the pages into the early hours' - Eastern Daily Express, on Wild Hops; 'Sizzles with passion' - Guardian, on Wild Hops
Sally Worboyes was born and grew up in Stepney. She has written plays broadcast on Radio Four, and adapted her own play and novel, Wild Hops, as a musical, The Hop-Pickers.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780340824498 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340824492 |
| Title | Tobacco Dock |
| Author | Sally Worboyes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2003-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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