Maht 348 lehekülge
Burning Bright
Raamatust
‘A visual delight’ The Times‘A splendidly vital recreation of Georgian London’ Sunday Times‘Tell me, then: would you say you are innocent or experienced?’1792. Uprooted from their quiet Dorset village to the riotous streets of London, young Jem Kellaway and his family feel very far from home. They struggle to find their place in this tumultuous city, still alive with the repercussions of the blood-splattered French Revolution.Luckily, streetwise Maggie Butterfield is on hand to show Jem the ropes. Together they encounter the neighbour they’ve been warned about: radical poet and artist William Blake. Jem and Maggie’s passage from innocence to experience becomes the very stuff of poetic inspiration…
Dick Butterfield watched his daughter with the same appraising look he’d given Jem when he tried to find a stool. As easy-going as he appeared – lolling in his seat, buying drinks for people, smiling and nodding – he demanded a great deal from those he was with.
‘You are indeed a coward, sir, and a bully!’ he cried, his eyes blazing. ‘To do such a thing to a child! No, Kate,’ he growled at Mrs Blake, who had joined the circle of spectators and was now pulling at her husband’s arm. ‘No, I will not stand down to intimidation. Answer me, sir. Why have you shackled this innocent?’
