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London Bridge in Plague and Fire

David Madden

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Description:I am still living on London Bridge myself. The world of this novel has merged with my life. Under Madden's pen, the web of human connection is woven over water, through space, and beyond time. OCoAllen Wier, author of Tehano For more than two thousand years, Old London Bridge evolved through many fragile wooden forms until it became the first bridge built of stone since the Roman invaders. With over two hundred houses and shops built directly upon the bridge, it was a wonder of the world until it was dismantled in 1832.aaa In this stunningly original novel, Old London Bridge is as much a living, breathing character as its architect, the priest Peter de Colechurch, who began work on it in 1176, partly to honor Archbishop Thomas a Becket, murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. In 1665, the year of the Great Plague, PeterOCOs history is unknown, but Daryl Braintree, a young poet living on the bridge, resurrects him through inspired flights of imagination. As Daryl chronicles the history of the bridge and composes poems about it, he reads his work to his witty mistress, who prefers making love.aaa Among other key characters is Lucien Redd, who as a boy was sexually brutalized by both Puritans and Cavaliers during the English Civil War before being kidnapped off London Bridge onto a merchant ship. Thus traumatized, he aspires to become LuciferOCOs most evil disciple. Twenty years later, young Morgan Wood is forced into seafaring service to pay off his fatherOCOs debts; and, compelled by obsessive nostalgia for his early life on the bridge, he keeps a journal. Joining Morgan aboard ship, Lucien OC befriendsOCO himOCoto devastating effect.aaa The shops and houses on the bridge survive both the Great Plague and Great Fire, believed to be GodOCOs wrath upon sinful London. Fearing that God may next destroy the bridge and its eight hundred denizens, seven of its merchant leaders revert to a pagan appeasement ritual by selecting one of their virgin daughters for sacrifice. To enact their plan, they hire Lucien, who has returned to the bridge to burn it out of pure meanness. But as Lucien discovers, the chosen victim may be more LuciferOCOs favorite than he is.aaa Like his creation Daryl Braintree, David Madden employs diverse innovative ways to tell this complex, often shocking, but also lyrical story. The author of ten novelsOCoincluding The SuicideOCOs Wife, Bijou, and most recently, Abducted by Circumstance and SharpshooterOCoMadden has, with London Bridge in Plague and Fire, given us the most ambitious and imaginative work of his distinguished career."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with London Bridge in Plague and Fire. To get started finding London Bridge in Plague and Fire, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: I am still living on London Bridge myself. The world of this novel has merged with my life. Under Madden's pen, the web of human connection is woven over water, through space, and beyond time. OCoAllen Wier, author of Tehano For more than two thousand years, Old London Bridge evolved through many fragile wooden forms until it became the first bridge built of stone since the Roman invaders. With over two hundred houses and shops built directly upon the bridge, it was a wonder of the world until it was dismantled in 1832.aaa In this stunningly original novel, Old London Bridge is as much a living, breathing character as its architect, the priest Peter de Colechurch, who began work on it in 1176, partly to honor Archbishop Thomas a Becket, murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. In 1665, the year of the Great Plague, PeterOCOs history is unknown, but Daryl Braintree, a young poet living on the bridge, resurrects him through inspired flights of imagination. As Daryl chronicles the history of the bridge and composes poems about it, he reads his work to his witty mistress, who prefers making love.aaa Among other key characters is Lucien Redd, who as a boy was sexually brutalized by both Puritans and Cavaliers during the English Civil War before being kidnapped off London Bridge onto a merchant ship. Thus traumatized, he aspires to become LuciferOCOs most evil disciple. Twenty years later, young Morgan Wood is forced into seafaring service to pay off his fatherOCOs debts; and, compelled by obsessive nostalgia for his early life on the bridge, he keeps a journal. Joining Morgan aboard ship, Lucien OC befriendsOCO himOCoto devastating effect.aaa The shops and houses on the bridge survive both the Great Plague and Great Fire, believed to be GodOCOs wrath upon sinful London. Fearing that God may next destroy the bridge and its eight hundred denizens, seven of its merchant leaders revert to a pagan appeasement ritual by selecting one of their virgin daughters for sacrifice. To enact their plan, they hire Lucien, who has returned to the bridge to burn it out of pure meanness. But as Lucien discovers, the chosen victim may be more LuciferOCOs favorite than he is.aaa Like his creation Daryl Braintree, David Madden employs diverse innovative ways to tell this complex, often shocking, but also lyrical story. The author of ten novelsOCoincluding The SuicideOCOs Wife, Bijou, and most recently, Abducted by Circumstance and SharpshooterOCoMadden has, with London Bridge in Plague and Fire, given us the most ambitious and imaginative work of his distinguished career."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with London Bridge in Plague and Fire. To get started finding London Bridge in Plague and Fire, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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