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.

The Sweep's Boy
The Sweep's Boy

Author: Jim Eldridge

Publisher:

Published: 2009-12-01

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781407111148

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In The Sweep's Boy, My Story readers will be transported back to the fog-choked streets of 1870 London, a truly perilous place for a boy like Will. Forced by the Workhouse Master into employment as a chimney sweep, it isn't long before Will's aptitude for scaling small spaces attracts the attention of Hutch, a burglar with big ambitions . . .

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.

The Chimney Sweep's Ransom
The Chimney Sweep's Ransom

Author: Dave Jackson

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781556612688

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A young English boy is sold to be trained as a chimney sweep and is rescued by his brother with the help of John Wesley. Ages 8-12.

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: Crown

Published: 2012-10-24

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0307801152

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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.