Bibliograph

Dark asylum, E. S. Thomson

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Dark asylum, E. S. Thomson

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eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Dark asylum

Responsibility statement

E. S. Thomson

Summary

1851, Angel Meadow Asylum. Dr Rutherford, principal physician to the insane, is found dead, his head bashed in, his ears cut off, his lips and eyes stitched closed. The police direct their attention towards Angel Meadow's inmates, but to Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain the crime is an act of calculated retribution, rather than of madness. To discover the truth Jem and Will must pursue the story through the darkest corners of the city, from the depths of a notorious rookery, to the sordid rooms of London's brothels, the gallows, the graveyard, the convict fleet and then back to the asylum

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