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Black Tie Books
October 2013
On Sale: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 0988864347
EAN: 9780988864344
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Historical | Humor
In 1765 London, Leeds Merriweather is scratching out a living as a common street performer, a patterer, using his wit and storytelling skills to draw crowds and sell newspapers. Although he aspires to be a respected journalist and start his own publishing house, Leeds is relegated to pattering by his handsome face, strong voice and straight teeth. Inspired by a drunken chance encounter with Benjamin Franklin, Leeds assembles a zany cast of characters to become history's first celebrity newscaster. But at the peak of his meteoric rise to fame and fortune, Leeds risks it all for the love of a conniving wench in this Dickensian comedy.
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