In Burning Bright, author Tracy Chevalier, who is best known for Girl with a Pearl Earring, tells the story of a friendship between the poet and engraver William Blake and two children, Jem Kellaway and Maggie Butterfield, who are both fictional characters, in s London. Jem's father, chairmaker Thomas Kellaway, moves from rural Dorsetshire to the London neighborhood of Lambeth with his family--wife . Burning Bright follows the Kellaway family as they leave behind tragedy in rural Dorset and come to late 18th-century London. As they move in next door to the radical painter/poet William Blake, and take up work for a near-by circus impresario, the youngest family member gets to know a girl his bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 50 secs. 8 rows · · Set against the backdrop of a city nervous of the revolution gone sour across the Channel in France, Edition description: Reprint.
What disappointed you about Burning Bright? It had no substance; no real story; a very weak plot; tedious! Would you ever listen to anything by Tracy Chevalier again? Yes because some of her other books are brilliant. I'm so glad this wasn't my first Tracy Chevalier experience because it would also have been my last. Author. Tracy Chevalier. Tracy Chevalier is an Anglo-American writer of historical fiction, best known for her novel Girl with a Pearl Earring. Her latest book, A Single Thread, is published in September Visit the Tracy Chevalier author page. 'A visual delight' The Times. 'A splendidly vital recreation of Georgian London' Sunday Times. From the author of the international bestseller Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard, comes a stirring eighteenth-century coming-of-age taleIn the waning days of eighteenth-century.
Set against the backdrop of a city nervous of the revolution gone sour across the Channel in France. Burning Bright (Hardcover) Published March 1st by Thorndike Press. Large Print, Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author) ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English. This item: Burning Bright. by Tracy Chevalier Paperback. $ Only 1 left in stock - order soon. Sold by RAC Book Store and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. FREE Shipping on orders over $ Falling Angels: A Novel. by Tracy Chevalier Paperback. $
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