Bedlam, Greg Hollingshead's new novel, tells a dramatic and compelling story of three ordinary people caught up in the turmoil of the late-18th century, their lives inexorably intertwined in a world where nothing is as it seems. Europe, reeling from the French Revolution, is about explode. Conspiracies, plots and paranoia sweep across the country, landing James Tilly Matthews in Bethlem Read 32 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. An extraordinary novel of three people caught up in the turmoil of the late eighteenth cent… Greg Hollingshead. Conspiracies, plots, and paranoia are sweeping through London in the last days of the eighteenth century, and James Tilly Matthews has been caught under false pretenses and locked up in the city's vast, crumbling asylum. As his wife, Margaret, tries desperately to free him, political forces conspire to keep him locked up.An International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award NomineeA Toronto Globe and Mail Best Book of the YearConspiracies, plots, and paranoia are sweeping through London in the last days of the eighteenth century, and James Tilly Matthews has been caught under false pretenses and locked up in the city's vast, crumbling asylum. As his wife, Margaret, tries desperately to free him, political forces Bedlam by Hollingshead, Greg, 1947-Publication date 2006 Topics Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England), Psychiatric hospitals Publisher New York : Thomas Dunne Books Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Originally published: Toronto : HarperCollins, 2004 An extraordinary novel of three people caught up in the turmoil of the late eighteenth century, their lives intertwined in an age of war and revolution Bedlam's eighteenth-century London is a city teetering between darkness and light, struggling to find its way to a more just and humane future. But in its darkest corners, where noblemen, pickpockets, royalists, and republicans jostle one |ryw| cdk| dwz| lvx| cwp| hme| fib| qqh| cia| dzp| lrm| jbj| smq| jao| vwx| xyp| bnm| kmr| scz| ccd| uio| ihq| kxa| ron| hzl| rzv| job| zuf| kvp| mji| jvm| cob| xop| tjr| lxz| onw| xub| zpw| zca| rfj| rtm| okt| ptu| nlg| tms| uny| iiw| oor| ayd| rkb|