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Sweet Thames
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Summary
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- The Curator
- 04-10-20
Cholera and mystery
Excellent book set during the London cholera outbreak. At first I thought the only sympathetic character would be the happy dog owned by the selfish narrator but this is a tale of realisation and some redemption. Loved it.
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