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1800s: The tale of early eighteenth century thief, Jack Sheppard, and his lover Bess.
Confessions of the Fox
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Jack Sheppard – a transgender carpenter’s apprentice – has fled his master’s house to become a notorious prison break artist, and Bess Khan has escaped the draining of the fenlands to become a revolutionary mastermind. Together, they find themselves at the center of a web of corruption leading back to the dreaded Thief-Catcher General …
…Or so we are told in a mysterious manuscript unearthed by one Professor R. Voth. Voth traces the origins and authenticity of the manuscript as Jack and Bess trace the connections between the bowels of Newgate Prison and the dissection chambers of the Royal College, in a bawdy collision of a novel about gender, love, and liberation.
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Jack Shepherd
Jack Sheppard was a real 18th century thief whose life apparently inspired the famous opera ‘The Beggar’s Opera’
The novel throws you head first in to a bawdy, theiving, dirty, dank and oppressive London. No one knows Jack’s true story—his confessions have never been found. In this novel, a fictional Dr. Voth discovers a stack of papers titled Confessions of the Fox and dive into the story he does.
This is a vivid yet dark picture of London’s underworld. Scamps and rogues clash with London’s newly established police force, queer subcultures thrive, and ominous threats of an oncoming plague abound.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Confessions of the Fox
Destination : London Author/Guide:: Jordy Roseberg Departure Time: 1800s
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