The Lost Boys Of Mr Dickens How The British Empire Turned Artful Dodgers Into Child Killers

Download or read book The Lost Boys of Mr Dickens written by Steve Harris and published by Melbourne Books. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As engrossing as a novel, this story of the death of childhood in the cradle of the world's mightiest empire, and the atmospheric tale of crime and punishment leading to a sensational murder trial is from another time but implicitly raises questions which remain with us today.Steve Harris' book humanises a most bizarre social experiment and brings out its grotesqueness in dramatic form. The tale is so comprehensively and authentically written that it is a service to Australian and British readers.- Tom Keneally, winner of the Booker Prize and Miles Franklin Award