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When a petty thief falls through a glass roof while fleeing from the police, it should have been the death of him. Instead, it marks the beginning of a whole new life. Soon he has become the most successful -- and elusive -- burglar in Victorian London, plotting daring raids and using London's... read more
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Characters edit
- Montmorency: Main character; a petty thief turned upper-class gentleman.Very scheming, and clever. He will seemingly do just about anything to further his interests in the upper and lower-class Victorian world.
Quotes edit
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“They weren't all masters of their art - after all, they'd all been caught - but some of them were very experienced and it would be a shame to let their talents go to waste.”
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
The pain woke him again.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 -- 1875: The Bloody Beginning
Chapter 2 -- Sir Joseph Bazalgette
Chapter 3 -- Planning
Chapter 4 -- Prison Life
Chapter 5 -- Measuring Up
Chapter 6 -- Farcett's House
Chapter 7 -- The Wall
Chapter 8 -- Montmorency and Scarper
Chapter 9 -- Release
Chapter 10 -- Into London
Chapter 11 -- First Try
Chapter 12 -- The First Job
Chapter 13 -- The Flushers
Chapter 14 -- The Paper
Chapter 15 -- Moving On
Chapter 16 -- The Marimon Hotel
Chapter 17 -- The Resident Guest
Chapter 18 -- Cissie
Chapter 19 -- Mr. Lyons
Chapter 20 -- At The Hatter's
Chapter 21 -- In The Pub
Chapter 22 -- Sorted
Chapter 23 -- La Traviata
Chapter 24 -- Flushed Out
Chapter 25 -- The Trial
Chapter 26 -- Back To The Society
Chapter 27 -- Horror Underground
Chapter 28 -- Struggling Home
Chapter 29 -- Invalids
Chapter 30 -- A Drama
Chapter 31 -- Fox-Selwyn And The Doctor
Chapter 32 -- Bargles Club
Chapter 33 -- At The Races
Chapter 34 -- Fox-Selwyn And The Mauramanians
Chapter 35 -- Scouting
Chapter 36 -- Into The Fortress
Chapter 37 -- Dinner
Chapter 38 -- Reporting Back
Chapter 39 -- Reparations
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in Montmorency. (standard series)
Followed by Montmorency on the Rocks.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Eleanor Updale (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Orchard Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0439580358
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Orchard Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0439580358
Page Count: 240
Awards edit
- Blue Peter Book Award (2004: Book I Couldn't Put Down, #1)
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