| Rose Contributor(s): Smith, Martin Cruz (Author) |
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ISBN: 034542252X ISBN-13: 9780345422521 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: The year is 1872. The place is Wigan, England, a coal town where rich mine owners live lavishly alongside miners no better than slaves. Into this dark, complicated world comes Jonathan Blair, who has accepted a commission to find a missing man. When he begins his search every road leads back to one woman, a haughty, vixenish pit girl named Rose. With her fiery hair and skirts pinned up over trousers, she cares nothing for a society that calls her unnatural, scandalous, erotic. As Rose and Blair circle one another, first warily, then with the heat of mutual desire, Blair loses his balance. And the lull induced by Rose's sensual touch leaves him unprepared for the bizarre, soul-scorching truth.... |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99091677 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 4.34" W x 6.96" (0.44 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The year is 1872. The place is Wigan, England, a coal town where rich mine owners live lavishly alongside miners no better than slaves. Into this dark, complicated world comes Jonathan Blair, who has accepted a commission to find a missing man. When he begins his search every road leads back to one woman, a haughty, vixenish pit girl named Rose. With her fiery hair and skirts pinned up over trousers, she cares nothing for a society that calls her unnatural, scandalous, erotic. As Rose and Blair circle one another, first warily, then with the heat of mutual desire, Blair loses his balance. And the lull induced by Rose's sensual touch leaves him unprepared for the bizarre, soul-scorching truth. . . . |