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Eleanor Mackridge leaves behind her working-class life to reinvent herself in the all-female the Forty Elephants gang, in the new historical crime from award-winning writer Clare Whitfield.

A propos de l'auteur

Clare Whitfield was born in 1978 in Morden (at the bottom of the Northern line) in Greater London. After university she worked at a publishing company before going on to hold various positions in buying and marketing. She now lives in Hampshire with her family. Her debut novel, People of Abandoned Character, won the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award and is also published by Head of Zeus.

Résumé

New historical crime from award-winning writer Clare Whitfield, based on a real-life all-female London crime gang. Twenty-four-year-old Eleanor Mackridge leaves behind her working-class family to reinvent herself as 'Nell the Mack' in the Forty Elephants.

Préface

New historical crime from award-winning writer Clare Whitfield, based on a real-life all-female London crime gang. Nineteen-year-old Eleanor Mackridge leaves behind her working-class family to reinvent herself as 'Nell the Mack' in the Forty Elephants.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Clare Whitfield
• Edition: Bloomsbury
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 04.03.2025
• EAN: 9781837930869
• ISBN: 978-1-83793-086-9
• Pages: 416
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 38 mm
• Poids: 610 g
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Historical fiction, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Coming of age, First World War fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Feminism and feminist theory, FICTION / Feminist