British Chimney Sweeps
British Chimney Sweeps

Author: Benita Cullingford

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1566633451

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The art and science of chimney sweeping are examined in detailed for the first time in this lively and fascinating book.

The Water-babies
The Water-babies

Author: Charles Kingsley

Publisher:

Published: 1895

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13:

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A Victorian tale in which Tom, a sooty little chimney sweep with a great longing to be clean, is stolen by fairies and turned into a water-baby.

Infants of the Brush: A Chimney Sweep's Story
Infants of the Brush: A Chimney Sweep's Story

Author: A. M. Watson

Publisher: Red Acre Press

Published: 2017-11-18

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780999512203

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Infants of the Brush is historical fiction based on Armory v. Delamirie, a 1700s court case before the King's Bench against Paul de Lamerie, a silversmith. In the vein of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, Infants of the Brush is set in a time when London society ignored the ills of child labor. Unlike the gleeful chimney sweeps portrayed in Mary Poppins, climbing boys were forced up burning flues to dislodge harmful soot and coal ash. Egan Whitcombe is just six years old when he is sold to Master Armory for a few coins that his family desperately needs. As one of Master Armory's eight broomers, Egan quickly learns that his life depends on absolute obedience and the coins he earns. Pitt, the leader of Master Armory's broomers, teaches Egan to sweep chimneys and negotiate for scraps of bread. Broken and starving, the boys discover friendship as they struggle to save five guineas, the cost of a broomer's independence.

The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy

Author: Barbara Vine

Publisher: Viking Books

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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An unforgettable tale of mystery and obsession by Barbara Vine (pseudonym of Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement) This is the utterly absorbing story of best-selling novelist Gerald Candless, whose sudden death from a heart attack leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, one of his daughters, Sarah, decides to write a biography of her internationally celebrated father. Within hours of beginning her research, Sarah comes across the first of what will be many shocking revelations. As her life is slowly torn apart, a terrible logic finally emerges to explain her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself in his work, and a long-forgotten London murder.

Sweep
Sweep

Author: Jonathan Auxier

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2018-09-25

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1683354060

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For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on “climbing boys”—orphans owned by chimney sweeps—to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless, and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived—and a girl. With her wits and will, she’s managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature—a golem—made from ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire. Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life—saving one another in the process. By one of today’s most powerful storytellers, Sweep is a heartrending adventure about the everlasting gifts of friendship and hope.

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

Author: Alan Bradley

Publisher: Doubleday Canada

Published: 2015-01-06

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0385678398

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"One of the most remarkable creations in recent literature" (USA Today), Flavia de Luce, "part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire" (New York Times Book Review) is back in Alan Bradley's captivating internationally bestselling mystery series. Flavia rules! In this internationally bestselling series of enchanting mysteries, youthful chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce once again brings her knowledge of poisons and her indefatigable spirit to solve dastardly crimes—but this time, she leaves behind her beloved English countryside, and takes her sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools!