There is tragedy and corruption, hope and evil. Could this curious man really be Meshak, the son of a wicked child-killer who was hanged at the gallows for his crimes?Ĭoram Boy is a glorious web of changing fortunes and subtle intrigues. His devotion to them is absolute, but his motives are not altogether straightforward. They are watched over by Mish-a simple soul who has been with them since their arrival. Toby has been rescued from a life of slave labour in a faraway country Aaron is the illegitimate son of the heir to a large country estate. Toby and Aaron may both find themselves living at Captain Thomas Coram's Hospital for parentless children, but their histories are as far apart as they could possibly be. Readers will smell the dirty streets and close-living of urban London, revel in the summer splendour of the finest country houses and then flinch when the harshness of life for the poorest souls is revealed in uncomfortable detail.įor in the late 1700s your circumstance of birth meant everything. The author has researched her backdrop very well, and the atmospheric sights and sounds of the time are both vivid and captivating. From an acorn of an idea about a real-life good Samaritan of yesteryear, the author has crafted a satisfying, if occasionally painful, novel that spans the lives of several fortunate and unfortunate young people of the day. Eighteenth-century England is the setting for Jamila Gavin's sweeping saga of growing-up, struggle, tradition and corruption.
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