Oliver Twist & Me: The True Story of Charles Dickens's best-loved

Author: Nicholas Blincoe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 **SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE** "Idiosyncratic and entertaining," Sunday Times "A fascinating family and social history," Catherine Taylor, author of The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time "A fascinating dual story," Edel Coffey, The Gloss We all think we know the tale. As a child, Charles Dickens was forced to work in a mouldering Thames-side blacking factory, an event that scarred him for life and inspired Oliver Twist....Read more