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The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel

  • 2015 first published
  • 272 pages

Deborah Hopkinson's The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel (2015) is a Victorian-set fiction and historical fiction novel. It deals with epidemics, Cholera, Great Britain and orphans.

It runs to roughly 272 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • London, England
  • Victoria, 1837-1901
  • Epidemics
  • Cholera
  • Great Britain
  • Historical fiction
  • Orphans
  • Great britain
  • Historical

Quick answers

Who wrote The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel?

The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel was written by Deborah Hopkinson and first published in 2015.

What genre is The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel?

It is usually shelved as Victorian-Era Fiction and Historical Fiction.

How long is The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel?

The median edition has 272 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel?

Readers who like it often enjoy And Only to Deceive, Lie By Moonlight and The River Knows.

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