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(c1967)

Smith: The Story of a Pickpocket

By Leon Garfield - Published (c1967)Published 2013

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Twelve-year-old Smith lives in 18th-century London with his two older sisters, who earn a living by altering and selling the clothes of the ...Read Review

Wife to the Bastard

By Hilda Lewis - Published (c1967)Published 2007

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Biographical Fiction

Originally published in 1967, this is one of those oldies but goodies, but its age, sadly, shows a bit around the edges. Beautiful, diminutive, ...Read Review