A dozen tales of apprentices in eighteenth-century England portray young boys placed in service for seven years, small wages, and chancy reward and reveal Hogarthian and Dickensian corners of their lives
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About the Author:
Leon Garfield was born in Brighton in 1921. He was the acclaimed author of more than thirty novels for children and adults including Devil in the Fog, winner of the inaugural Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1967, The God Beneath the Sea, winner of the 1970 Carnegie Medal, and John Diamond, winner of the 1980 Whitbread literary award. He was also elected a member of the Royal Society of Literature. He died in 1996.
From Publishers Weekly:
An early work by the author of The December Rose features the tales of 12 apprentices, each one dreaming of a better life. Ages 10-14.
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0140315950
- ISBN 13 9780140315950
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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