Description: Further DetailsTitle: Sweeney Todd: The String of PearlsCondition: NewEAN: 9781840226324ISBN: 9781840226324Edition: New introduction and revised textPublisher: Wordsworth Editions LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/05/2010Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 16mmItem Weight: 230gAuthor: James Malcolm RymerContributor: Dick Collins (Introduction by), David Stuart Davies (Series edited by)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1840226323Description: Fully revised Second Edition. With a new Introduction and Bibliography by Dick Collins. The exploits of Sweeney Todd, ‘The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’, have been recounted many times in plays, films and musicals, but the origins of the character largely were forgotten for many years. The String of Pearls - the original tale of Sweeney Todd, a classic of British horror - was first published as a weekly serial in 1846-7 by Edward Lloyd, the King of the Penny Dreadfuls. One of the earliest detective stories, it became an important source for Bram Stoker's Dracula, but it was after over 150 years of obscurity that it appeared first in book form in the Wordsworth edition published in 2005. The one great mystery that has surrounded the book is who the author was - or was it possibly the work of more than one man? In his new introduction to this fully revised second edition, Dick Collins, by means of detailed research of contemporary records, has established finally the identity of the creator of this legendary figure. So here is the original story of the terrifying owner of that famous London barber-shop, and the secret recipe for Mrs Lovett's delicious pies…Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionBook Series: Tales of Mystery & The SupernaturalTopic: Crime Thrillers & MysteryRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Sweeney Todd: The String of Pearls
Publication Name: Sweeney Todd: The String of Pearls
Title: Sweeney Todd: The String of Pearls
EAN: 9781840226324
ISBN: 9781840226324
Edition: New introduction and revised text
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 07/05/2010
Release Year: 2010
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Width: 16mm
Item Weight: 230g
Author: James Malcolm Rymer
Contributor: David Stuart Davies (Series edited by)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1840226323
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Fiction
Series: Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural
Topic: Crime Thrillers & Mystery
