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Rosenberg, Jordy.
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Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724 -- Fiction.
Thieves -- Fiction.
Transgender people -- Fiction.
Autobiography -- Authorship -- Fiction.
Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
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Rosenberg, Jordy.
Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724 -- Fiction.
Thieves -- Fiction.
Transgender people -- Fiction.
Autobiography -- Authorship -- Fiction.
Rogues and vagabonds -- Fiction.
London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
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Confessions of the fox : a novel / Jordy Rosenberg.
by
Rosenberg, Jordy.
One World, [2018]
Call #:
FICTION
ROS
Subjects
Sheppard
,
Jack
,
1702-1724
--
Fiction
.
Thieves
--
Fiction
.
Transgender people
--
Fiction
.
Autobiography
--
Authorship
--
Fiction
.
Rogues and vagabonds
--
Fiction
.
London (England)
--
History
--
18th century
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9780399592270 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xiv, 329 p. ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-329).
Summary:
Set in the eighteenth century London underworld, this bawdy, genre-bending novel reimagines the life of thief and jailbreaker
Jack
Sheppard
to tell a profound story about gender, love, and liberation. Recently jilted and increasingly unhinged, Dr. Voth throws himself into his work, obsessively researching the life of
Jack
Sheppard
, a legendary eighteenth century thief. No one knows
Jack
's true story--his confessions have never been found. That is, until Dr. Voth discovers a mysterious stack of papers titled Confessions of the Fox. Dated 1724, the manuscript tells the story of an orphan named P. Sold into servitude at twelve, P struggles for years with her desire to live as "
Jack
." When P falls dizzyingly in love with Bess, a sex worker looking for freedom of her own, P begins to imagine a different life. Bess brings P into the London underworld where scamps and rogues clash with London's newly established police force, queer subcultures thrive, and ominous threats of an oncoming plague abound. At last, P becomes
Jack
Sheppard
, one of the most notorious--and most wanted--thieves in history. An imaginative retelling of Brecht's Threepenny Opera, Confessions of the Fox blends high-spirited adventure, subversive history, and provocative wit to animate forgotten histories and the extraordinary characters hidden within.
Genre:
Historical
fiction
.
Love stories.
Adventure
fiction
.
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Halifax North Memorial Public Library
Adult Fiction
FICTION ROS
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Jul 19, 2024
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