Wisdom and Rubies: A tale of crime and misadventure in nineteenth century London

by J.F. Slattery

Wisdom is better than rubies", the dry and repressive Reverend Septimus Wood tells his students in the wet and foggy London of 1829. But who at the age of nineteen will believe him? Certainly not Lord Horatio Carlton and his friend Arthur Marshall, two boys full of jokes and fun. But things take a more serious turn when they find themselves in prison on a charge of burglary. How on earth did they get there? Yet their brief stay in Clerkenwell Gaol...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500406821
• ISBN13: 9781500406820
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"