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The Gods of Gotham

The Gods of Gotham

The Gods of Gotham

The Gods of Gotham

de Lyndsay Faye

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Penguin Publishing Group, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Sinopsis

1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever. Timothy Wilde tends bar near the Exchange, saving every dollar and shilling in hopes of winning the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams literally incinerate in a fire devastating downtown Manhattan, he finds himself disfigured, unemployed, and homeless. His older brother obtains Timothy a job in the newly minted NYPD, but he is highly skeptical of this untested "police force." And he is less than thrilled that his new beat is the notoriously down-and-out Sixth Ward-at the border of Five Points, the world's most notorious slum. One night while returning from his rounds, heartsick and defeated, Timothy runs into a little slip of a girl—a girl not more than ten years old—dashing through the dark in her nightshift . . . covered head to toe in blood. Timothy knows he should take the girl to the House of Refuge, yet he can't bring himself to abandon her. Instead, he takes her home, where she spins wild stories, claiming that dozens of bodies are buried in the forest north of 23rd Street. Timothy isn't sure whether to believe her or not, but, as the truth unfolds, the reluctant copper star finds himself engaged in a battle for justice that nearly costs him his brother, his romantic obsession, and his own life.

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El Apr 23 2014, un lector dijo:
I enjoy historical novels and this one really brought New York in the mid 1800's alive for me. The author describes situations and characters in detail and uses the same kind of language they would have used then. The fact that it's a well written murder mystery makes it more than just a boring history lesson. I had never thought about the fact that New York didn't have a police force for a long time, I found that interesting - a police force has just been formed when this story takes place. I also never realised how badly the Irish were treated.

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Librería
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G0399158375I4N00
Título
The Gods of Gotham
Autor
Lyndsay Faye
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Tapa dura
Estado del libro
Usado - Muy bueno
Cantidad disponible
3
ISBN 10
0399158375
ISBN 13
9780399158377
Editorial
Penguin Publishing Group
Lugar de publicación
New York
Fecha de publicación
2012

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