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Barefoot on Baker Street: 2nd Edition 2nd Edition
Author(s): Charlotte Anne Walters (Author)
- Publisher: MX Publishing
- Publication Date: 2 Aug. 2012
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 298 pages
- ISBN-10: 1780922531
- ISBN-13: 9781780922539
Book Description
Fully revised and updated 2nd edition. Barefoot on Baker Street is set in late Victorian London where a life of crime is the only way to escape poverty and servitude for one bright young workhouse orphan. The narrative follows Red on her incredible life-journey as it twists and turns through poverty, riches, infatuation, loss and love. A dramatic escape from the workhouse at thirteen propels Red into a world of slum housing, street gangs, prostitution and petty crime as the rapidly expanding city groans under the weight of the industrial revolution. A chance meeting with the mysterious and eccentric Sherlock Holmes prompts an infatuation which cuts through her street-wise bravado. Red’s blossoming criminal career also brings her to the attention of Professor James Moriarty. An autistic savant riddled with obsessive compulsions, Moriarty is a dangerous criminal who draws Red into his life and onto a collision course with Holmes.
