The Resurrectionist
by James Bradley | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780571232765 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780571232765 Global Overview for this book
Registered by teachie of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on 9/5/2008
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by teachie from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Friday, September 5, 2008
Leaving behind his father's tragic failures, Gabriel Swift arrives in London to study with Edwin Poll, greatest of the city's anatomists. It is 1826. And the chance presents itself for Gabriel to find advancement and make a name for himself.
But soon he finds himself tricked and drawn to his master's nemesis, Lucan, the most powerful of the city's resurrectionists and governor of its trade in stolen bodies. Dismissed by Poll, Gabriel descends into a hell partly of his own making and the violence of the London underworld. Here, he discovers a place where everything and everyone is for sale - a place where the taking of a life is easier than it might seem.
A chilling and compelling gothic thriller and a story of a love unfulfilled, The Resurrectionist is both a powerful and graphic evocation of London in the early nineteenth century, and a personal story about the brutalising effects of a world with intangible moral boundaries.
I was disappointed with this book, maybe someone else will like it better.
But soon he finds himself tricked and drawn to his master's nemesis, Lucan, the most powerful of the city's resurrectionists and governor of its trade in stolen bodies. Dismissed by Poll, Gabriel descends into a hell partly of his own making and the violence of the London underworld. Here, he discovers a place where everything and everyone is for sale - a place where the taking of a life is easier than it might seem.
A chilling and compelling gothic thriller and a story of a love unfulfilled, The Resurrectionist is both a powerful and graphic evocation of London in the early nineteenth century, and a personal story about the brutalising effects of a world with intangible moral boundaries.
I was disappointed with this book, maybe someone else will like it better.
Journal Entry 2 by teachie at The Harrow pub OBCZ in Hughenden Valley, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (10/14/2008 UTC) at The Harrow pub OBCZ in Hughenden Valley, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
On the windowsill in the pub.
On the windowsill in the pub.
Picked up at the Harrow Pub on Tuesday when I met up with teachie and Katybean.
Passed to me by beckydore for wild releasing purposes.
Journal Entry 5 by Katisha50 at Moseley Village - Mozfest Stall in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Thursday, July 5, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (7/7/2012 UTC) at Moseley Village - Mozfest Stall in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
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This book will released on the usual Bookcrossers stall by the traffic lights.
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This book has been released for the Never Judge A Book By Its Cover release challenge 2012, Week 27 (1st quarter re-do. Week 17, pictures of trees on the cover).
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This book has been released for the Never Judge A Book By Its Cover release challenge 2012, Week 27 (1st quarter re-do. Week 17, pictures of trees on the cover).
Journal Entry 6 by Katisha50 at Moseley Village - Mozfest Stall in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Thursday, July 5, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (7/7/2012 UTC) at Moseley Village - Mozfest Stall in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
This book will released on the usual Bookcrossers stall by the traffic lights.
If you have picked up this book, thank you for visiting the website. Please take a moment to let us know you have the book - then everyone who has had it previously will know where it is! Then post a review when you've read it, and pass it on to someone else when you've finished it. If you join BookCrossing, you, too, can see where it goes
This book has been released for the Never Judge A Book By Its Cover release challenge 2012, Week 27 (2nd quarter re-do. Week 17, pictures of trees on the cover).
If you have picked up this book, thank you for visiting the website. Please take a moment to let us know you have the book - then everyone who has had it previously will know where it is! Then post a review when you've read it, and pass it on to someone else when you've finished it. If you join BookCrossing, you, too, can see where it goes
This book has been released for the Never Judge A Book By Its Cover release challenge 2012, Week 27 (2nd quarter re-do. Week 17, pictures of trees on the cover).