The Apprentices

Download or read book The Apprentices written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in eighteenth-century London was hard and especially so for the city's apprentices. For seven long years they struggled for their livelihoods among the fetid houses and sinister quays of old London. But despite their hardships there was hope and even fun. This compelling story-cycle follows them round the year, through the dark, cold winter nights to midsummer in the city, The lamplighter, the pawnbroker, the midwife or the clockmaker, their stories interweave delightfully to paint a colourful picture of life in London 200 years ago.