The Street Philosopher
(Sprache: Englisch)
There was another war, some 150 years ago, which was unpopular at home -- the death rate shocking, the military strategy confused -- and the first on which the media had a major influence. The Street Philosopher -- the nineteenth-century term for a society...
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There was another war, some 150 years ago, which was unpopular at home -- the death rate shocking, the military strategy confused -- and the first on which the media had a major influence. The Street Philosopher -- the nineteenth-century term for a society writer, a gossip columnist -- captures this scene brilliantly. Ambitious young journalist Thomas Kitson arrives at the battlefields of the Crimea as the London Courier's man on the ground. It is a dangerous place, full of the worst horrors of war but Kitson is determined to make his mark. Under the tutelage of his hard-bitten Irish boss Cracknell, and assisted by artist Robert Styles, he sets about exposing the incompetence of the army generals. Two years later, as Sebastopol burns, Thomas returns to England under mysterious circumstances. Desperate to forget the atrocities of the Crimea, he takes a job as a 'street philosopher', a society writer reporting on the gossip of the day. But on the eve of the great Art Treasures Exhibition, as Manchester prepares to welcome Queen Victoria, Thomas's past returns to haunt him in the most horrifying way...
Autoren-Porträt von Matthew Plampin
Matthew Plampin wurde 1975 geboren und wuchs in Essex auf. Er studierte englische Literatur und Kunstgeschichte an der Universität von Birmingham und promovierte am Courtauld Institute of Art in London. Hauptberuflich arbeitet er als Dozent für die Kunst und Architektur des 19. Jahrhunderts.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Matthew Plampin
- 2009, 496 Seiten, Maße: 22 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: HarperCollins UK
- ISBN-10: 000727243X
- ISBN-13: 9780007272433
- Erscheinungsdatum: 11.03.2009
Sprache:
Englisch
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