
Nest of Vipers
by Catherine Johnson
Title:
Nest of Vipers
Author:
Catherine Johnson
Series (if any):
A Puffin Book
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
256 pages
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN-13:
9780241514870
EAN:
9780241514870
Publication Date:
05/08/2021
Classifications:
Teenage Fiction
Weight (g):
298
Dimensions (mm):
197 x 130 x 17
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
''Characterful, page-turning drama and a vivid mixture of research and imagination'' - The Sunday Times A gripping tale of a group of larger-than-life con artists who roam the streets of eighteenth-century London. Cato Hopkins is the youngest member of Mother Hopkins''s ''family'' - a group of skilled fraudsters and pickpockets. There''s Addy, who can become a very convincing boy when she needs to; the beautiful Bella, who can charm any rich young man out of his fortune; Sam, an escaped slave and Cato himself, a young boy, who Mother Hopkins has taught everything she knows.But old age is slowing Mother Hopkins down, and she wants to carry out one last con, a con to outdo all the cons that have gone before. And so the gang set about bringing ruin upon Captain Walker, a proud and cruel slave captain, who deserves to be taught a lesson or two .






























