Montmorency: Thief Liar Gentleman? (After Words)
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...
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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 new sewer system to escape. He adopts a dual existence to fit his new lifestyle, taking on the roles of a respectable, wealthy gentleman named Montmorency and his corrupt servant, Scarper.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780439856287 (0439856280)
ASIN: 0439856280
Publish date: 2006-05-01
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Teen,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Crime,
Fiction,
Historical
: Montmorency begins a thief. He's in prison after a long run of not being caught, and then only got caught because he fell off a roof, or something like that. And then it's time for his release. Determined he wants a better life, he decides he's going to be a proper gentleman. But he can't do that ...
This is a great book. I was a little skeptical at first at how this would all turn out and it didn't end the way I would have expected. He's almost two different people at first but by the end of the book even when Monmorency is trying to be Scarper he has trouble and is more the gentlman, Montmoren...
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