{"product_id":"9780140437287","title":"Barnaby Rudge","description":"Author: Dickens, Charles\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780140437287\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 05 May 2003\u003cbr\u003ePages: 800 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition is based on the first one-volume publication of \u003ci\u003eBarnaby Rudge\u003c\/i\u003e, reproducing all the original illustrations. Appendices include a map of London at the time of the Gordon Riots and the preface to the 1969 edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder and goes on to involve conspiracy, blackmail, abduction and retribution. Through the course of the novel fathers and sons become opposed, apprentices plot against their masters and Protestants clash with Catholics on the streets. And, as London erupts into riot, Barnaby Rudge himself struggles to escape the curse of his own past. With its dramatic descriptions of public violence and private horror, its strange secrets and ghostly doublings, Barnaby Rudge is a powerful, disturbing blend of historical realism and Gothic melodrama.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48128391151774,"sku":"UBD-9780140437287","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780140437287.jpg?v=1786540076","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780140437287","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}