Sweet Thames by Matthew Kneale

London in the summer of 1849. With a deadly cholera epidemic threatening, young engineer Joshua Jeavons is convinced it is his mission to save the capital and reform its festering sewers. Meanwhile in his dometsic life he is troubled by the baffling coldness shown towards him by his beautiful bride, Isobella. As he struggles to win her round, he works feverishly on a revolutionary drainage plan. This is his dream, his dazzling vision of the future: a London free of effluent. This 2001 Penguin Paperback is in very good condition.

ISBN: 9780140296631 SKU: 1582504 This image is of the actual book.

SKU: 1582504
Location: Fiction