Description: GEORGE MANVILLE FENN WAS A PROLIFIC WRITER OF ADVENTURE NOVELS FOR SCHOOLBOYS AND YOUNG ADULTS. WIKIPEDIA LISTS 161 NOVELS BETWEEN 1864 AND 1907. THIS NOVEL WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1886. i DATE THIS COPY AS 1925 BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL PRIZE LABEL. HE SPECIALISED IN HISTORICAL ADVENTURE FICTION, SO THIS NOVEL, ABOUT DRAMA IN A FACTORY SETTING, IS RATHER OFF-BEAT. FENN LIVED IN ISLEWORTH, LONDON, WHERE HE AMASSED 25,000 BOOKS AND 8 CHILDREN. MY KIND OF GUY! 352 PAGES. 16 PAGE BLACKIE'S CATALOGUE. COLOUR FRONTISPIECE & 6 MORE PLATES. FRONT COVER SHOWS A BLACKSMITH WITH HAMMER POISED. SPINE SHOWS A MUZZLED BULLDOG. Fenn authored many historical fiction novels, including Crown and Sceptre: A West-Country Story (1889) about the English Civil War, Ned Ledger (1899), focusing on naval combat during War of the Austrian Succession, The King's Sons (1901) about King Alfred, and Marcus, the Young Centurion (1904), about Julius Caesar. GMF. POSTAGE IN UK: £2.50. 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK. SECURE, RECYCLED PACKAGING. A WIDE RANGE OF BOOKS FOR SALE, INCLUDING SIGNED FICTION AND TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY TIBET, THE HIMALAYA & CENTRAL ASIA.
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Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: LONDON
Language: ENGLISH
Fiction Subject: DRAMA SET IN A FACTORY, STORY FOR YOUNG ADULTS.
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: GEORGE MANVILLE FENN
Publisher: BLACKIE
Year Printed: 1925
Original/Facsimile: Original
