The Cockney Sparrow

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The enthralling saga set in turn-of-the-twentieth-century london from the sunday times bestselling author. gifted with a beautiful soprano voice; young clemency skinner is forced to work as a pickpocket in order to support her crippled brother; jack. their feckless mother; edith; has fallen into the clutches of unscrupulous pimp; todd hardiman; whose evil presence threatens their daily existence. befriended by ned hawkes and his kindly mother; nell; clemency struggles to escape from life in the slums of stew lane. she finds work with a troupe of buskers run by larger than life augustus throop; and is spotted by the manager of the strand theatre. clemency looks set for operatic stardom; but a chance meeting with the mysterious jared stone brings danger and intrigue and threatens to change her life forevermore.