Walter Besant
The City of Refuge: A Novel
Paperback
(Forgotten Books Oct. 24, 2017)
Excerpt from The City of Refuge: A NovelDisgraced? Sir Charles? Gilbert gasped with bewilderment. But - but - how P Because, you see, a man may go very far indeed before all these things happen to him - ruin, disgrace, exile. Many doors may be closed to the wicked man; but this is a world of various standards: many others still remain open to him - doors of other wicked men's houses: the world is full of wicked men. What could Sir Charles Os tetley have done so miraculously wicked as to bring all these things upon his head?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- ISBN
- 1527640108 / 9781527640108
- Pages
- 328
- Weight
- 15.5 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.7
in.