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A scruffy lad sees a girl leap from a horsedrawn carriage in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, he's... Dodger. Dodger may be a street urchin, but he knows a jewel when he sees one. From Dodger's encounter with the mad barber Sweeney Todd to his meetings with the great writer Charles Dickens and the calculating politician Benjamin Disraeli, history and fantasy intertwine in a breathtaking account of adventure and mystery.
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"Starred review. Full of eccentric characters and carefully detailed London scenes, the tale embodies both Dickens's love for the common man and a fierce desire for social justice."
Publishers Weekly
"Historical fiction in the hands of the inimitable Sir Terry [Pratchett] brings the sights and the smells (most certainly the smells) of Old London wonderfully to life... Unexpected, drily funny and full of the pathos and wonder of life: Don't miss it."
Kirkus Reviews
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- SeriesDodger #1