Pomander Walk

by Louis Napoleon Parker

Book Overview

Pomander Walk is a novel written by Louis N. Parker. It is set in the early 20th century in London and follows the lives of the residents of Pomander Walk, a small street of houses in the fashionable district of Mayfair. The story revolves around the lives and loves of the various characters who live in the street, including a young couple who are engaged to be married, a widowed mother and her daughter, an elderly spinster, and a wealthy businessman. The novel explores themes of love, class, and social conventions, as the characters navigate their relationships and the expectations of their society. The book is a charming and witty portrayal of life in Edwardian London, with vivid descriptions of the city and its inhabitants.1911. A charming drama. Contents: Concerning the Walk in General; How Sir Peter Antrobus and Jerome Brooke-Hoskyn, Esquire, Smoke a Pipe Together; Concerning Number Four and Who Lived in It; Concerning a Mysterious Lady and an Elderly Beau; Concerning What You Have All Been Waiting for; In Which Pomander Walk is not Quite Itself; Showing How History Repeats Itself; Concerning a Great Conspiracy; In which Old Lovers Meet, and the Conspiracy Comes to a Head; In Which the Mysterious Lady Reappears and Helps Jack to Vanish; Pomander Walk Takes a Dish of Tea; In which the Old Conspiracy is Triumphant and a New Conspiracy is Hatched; In which Admiral Sir Peter Antrobus is More Determined Than Ever to Fire the Little Brass Gun; In which Miss Barbara Pennymint Hears the Nightingale and the Lamps are Lighted; and Showing How the Roundabout Road Leads Back to the Starting Point.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 116277391X
• ISBN13: 9781162773919
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"