Our current novel, Montmorency, is written by Eleanor Updale and it is the first in a series of four published novels. We chose this novel because is it unusual for young adult literature. Our protagonist is not your typical “good guy,” as a matter of fact he is a thief. Also, there are no young people in this novel. We have a cast of crooks, prisoners, spies, women of questionable morals, men of high society leaving us with only one truly good guy, the doctor who saves Montmorency’slife. The story is set in Victorian England in 1875. It opens with Montmorency in the prison infirmary reminiscing about his fall through a skylight while trying to escape from burglarizing some tools. While his body was a broken heap, his mind is always active and he takes us on an adventure from the sewers of London to a posh hotel, to the office of the ministry of defense in England, London. Take a ride with us and let us know how you like Montmorency: thief, liar, gentleman?
