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Time of Trial

Carnegie Medal for Writing

Time of Trial

Hester Burton

The 1963 Carnegie Medal winner follows a bookseller's family in 1801 London as political persecution and social unrest close in around them.

historical fictionchildren's literaturepolitical persecutionfamily

Work Information

A family tries to protect its bookshop while the pressures of the time tighten around them.

Hester Burton's Time of Trial is set in early 19th-century London and uses a bookseller's family to frame questions of speech and freedom. Amazon.co.jp confirms an English hardcover edition, while no Japanese edition was found.

Book Information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
1963-12-01
Pages
224 pages
Language
英語
ISBN-13
9780192712202
ISBN-10
0192712209
Price
14368 JPY

Amazon.co.jp: Time of Trial : Burton, Hester: 洋書

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