Adam Runaway - Softcover

Prince, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747579415 ISBN 13: 9780747579410

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2006

Synopsis

The year is 1721 and handsome young Adam Hanaway has arrived in Lisbon, where his uncle is a merchant, hoping to restore the family fortune that was devastated the previous year. But almost nothing turns out as Adam planned. His family's welcome is cool and his rise to the top is thwarted by his uncle's treacherous head clerk, Bartolomeu Gomes. Nor is Adam, with his gaudy clothes and swagger, an immediate success with fellow merchants. Of course there are many pretty distractions around, such as the incomparably sweet Gabriella. Then darker forces intervene and Adam is expelled from the family firm for a crime of which he is innocent. Somehow he must clear his name, win his love, and make his fortune.

About this title

Review:

‘A stunning historical novel with an unforgettable hero’ -- Publishing News

‘Exhilarating to read and with the assured feel of solid research behind it, this is a quality historical novel’ -- Clare Colvin, Daily Mail

‘Love, death and greed: classic ingredients for any ripping yarn’ -- Mail on Sunday

From the Publisher:

A stunning, rambunctious historical novel which delivers all the satisfaction of the great nineteenth-century classics of Dickens, Thackeray and Fielding

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0747579415
• ISBN 13: 9780747579410
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480