London Bridge in plague and fire : a novel / David Madden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madden, David, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction.

London Bridge (London, England)--Fiction.

London Bridge (London, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""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."" -Allen Wier, author of TehanoFor 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. In this stunningly original novel, Old London Bri

Contents:

Contents; 1. Lucien Redd, a Child of Civil War; 2. Daryl Braintree, Poet-Chronicler of London Bridge; 3. Shopkeepers on the Bridge Meet to Report Its Condition; 4. Morgan Wood, a Child of the Bridge, at Sea; 5. The Brotherhood of the Bridge Meets to Repair the Bridge; 6. Father Peter de Colechurch Steals the Murdered Body of Archbishop Thomas à Becket; 7. Lucien Comes onto Morgan's Ship; 8. Voices in the Great Plague of London; 9. Plague Aftermath: The Brotherhood of the Bridge; 10. Lucien Torments Morgan at Sea; 11. The Poet Builds London Bridge of Stone

12. Voices in the Great Fire of London13. The Brotherhood of the Bridge: Cabalistic Meetings; 14. The Brotherhood Hires Lucien as Kidnapper; 15. Lucien Kidnaps Blythe, Dark Lady of the Bridge; 16. Morgan Wood, a Child of the Bridge, Returns; 17. Morgan and Lucien on the Bridge; 18. Lucien Kidnaps Gilda, Fair Lady of the Bridge; 19. The Search for Gilda; 20. Light Is God's Shadow

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-57233-928-4

1-283-65746-5

OCLC:

813844875