Gallows Thief[绞架上的小偷]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Bernard Cornwell 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 2002-08
• ISBN 9780007127160
• 定价 92.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 416页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

1820sBritain:afterthewarswithFrance,whenunemploymentwashighandsoldierscouldbepaidoff,whenthegovernmentwasdesperatelyafraidofsocialunrest,anycrimewasdrasticallypunishedandthousandswerehung.ButonecouldpetitiontheKingandaninvestigationmightensue…
ThemaninthedarkcellinNewgatePrisonwasduetohanginaweek.Hehadbeenfoundguiltyofmurderingthearistocratwhoseportraithewaspainting.Heclaimedtobeinnocent–butthenthehangmanhadneverhungaguiltyman,hesaid.Butevenin1820,theHomeSecretarycouldoccasionallyusehispowerstograntmercyifhisinvestigatorfoundcauseandRiderSandman,onceoftheFirstFootGuards,isgiventhejob.
RiderSandman,aheroofWaterloo,hasfamilydebtstorepaybutwhenhisfirststepsintheinvestigationsproduceasizeablebribetolooktheotherway,thisonlyarouseshissmoulderingangerovertheconditionofEngland,acountrywhichheandothersinWellington'sarmyhadfoughttopreserve.Steppingbetweengentlemen'sclubsandtaverns,talkingtoaristocrats,fashionablepainters,theirmodels,andtheirmistresses,dodgingprofessionalcut-throatsanddeceptiveswordsmen,Sandmanuncoversaconspiracyofsilence,agroupwhoseproudestboastwasthattheywoulddoanythingforanyoneofthem.
Sandmanisawonderfulcharacter,asyetundauntedbythesleazystreets,dankjailsortheloomingscaffold,anduncorruptedbypoliticians,sneeringgentlemenorfrighteningbruisers,aninvestigatorinthemakingandabrilliant,butverydifferent,heroforallBernardCornwellfans.

【作者简介】

BernardCornwellworkedforBBCTVforsevenyears,mostlyasproducerontheNationwideprogramme,beforetakingchargeofthecurrentAffairsdepartmentinNorthernIreland.In1978hebecameeditorofThamesTelevision’sThamesatSix.MarriedtoanAmerican,henowlivesintheUnitedStates.