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Delacorte
April 2009
On Sale: March 24, 2009
192 pages
ISBN: 0385342810
EAN: 9780385342810
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Non-Fiction
In its long history, the river Thames has frozen solid
forty times. These are the stories of that frozen river. So begins this breathtaking and original work, which
contains forty vignettes based on events that actually took
place each time the historic Thames froze solid. Spanning
more than seven centuries—from 1142 to 1895—and illustrated
with stunning full-color period art, The Frozen Thames is
an achingly beautiful feat of the imagination…a work of
fiction that transports us back through history to cast us
as intimate observers of unforgettable moments in time. Whether we’re viewing the magnificent spectacle of King
Henry VIII riding across the ice highway (while plotting to
rid himself of his second wife) or participating in a
joyous Frost Fair on the ice, joining lovers meeting on the
frozen river during the plague years or coming upon the
sight of a massive ship frozen into the Thames…these
unforgettable stories are a triumph of the imagination as
well as a moving meditation on love, loss, and the
transformative powers of nature.
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