Martin Hewitt
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 739
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Victorians continue to be a vital presence in the modern world. Victorian cultural legacies, especially art, science, and literature, are still celebrated. Contemporary Britain still lives with their transport systems, their social structures, and even their vocabularies. And we are increasingly aware of the ways their global actions shaped, for good and ill, the world around us. In this Very Short Introduction, Martin Hewitt offers a historical...
2) Endless love
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A story of the doomed romance between seventeen-year-old David and fifteen-year-old Jade. Banished from Jade's home by her daddy Hugh, David obsessively cooks up a scheme to get back into the family's good graces. Since this plan involves setting Jade's house on fire, the puppy-love romance is in for a bumpy ride. Jailed for arson, David heads directly to Jade the moment that he's released, with tragic results.