Overview
Welcome to The Gay Street Chronicles! When Mrs Gaia Champion hosts her first supper after the untimely death of her adored husband Hercules, the meal goes sadly awry. Enter gay hero Bellerophon “Belle” Nash: city councillor, grandson of Bath’s original Master of Ceremonies Beau Nash, and bachelor extraordinaire. Assisted by a group of eccentric lady friends, Belle sets out to explore Gaia’s culinary mishap, only to expose a web of corruption that goes to the heart of Regency Bath’s judicial system. In doing so, he struggles to retain the commitment of his German “cousin”, and Princess Victoria—not yet Queen—persuades Gaia that all women can defeat the bonds of male repression.
Full Product Details
Author: William Keeling ,
Stephen Games
Publisher: EnvelopeBooks
Imprint: EnvelopeBooks
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 20.30cm
ISBN: 9781915023025
ISBN 10: 1915023025
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 03 March 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"Alexander McCall Smith -- ""A real romp of a book - full of surprises!"" / Jeanette Winterson -- ""Funny, clever, silly in the right way, and strangely moving in its unexpected ending. I love the alt-Regency Bath that Keeling has built."" / Matthew Parris -- ""By turns incisive, outlandish and hilarious! ... there's a brilliance in The Gay Street Chronicles, half-modern, half-Dickensian."" / Peter Tatchell -- ""Bravo. A rollicking tale of corruption, intrigue and romance. A racy read!"""
""A real romp of a book - full of surprises!"" -- Alexander McCall Smith ""Funny, clever, silly in the right way, and strangely moving in its unexpected ending. I love the alt-Regency Bath that Keeling has built."" -- Jeanette Winterson ""By turns incisive, outlandish and hilarious!...there's a brilliance in The Gay Street Chronicles, half-modern, half-Dickensian."" -- Matthew Parris ""Bravo. A rollicking tale of corruption, intrigue and romance. A racy read!"" -- Peter Tatchell
Alexander McCall Smith -- A real romp of a book - full of surprises! / Jeanette Winterson -- Funny, clever, silly in the right way, and strangely moving in its unexpected ending. I love the alt-Regency Bath that Keeling has built. / Matthew Parris -- By turns incisive, outlandish and hilarious! ... there's a brilliance in The Gay Street Chronicles, half-modern, half-Dickensian. / Peter Tatchell -- Bravo. A rollicking tale of corruption, intrigue and romance. A racy read!
Author Information
William Keeling is a former foreign correspondent of the Financial Times who exposed a multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal in Nigeria that led to his summary deportation. He eventually left journalism for chocolate, becoming co-owner of the historic chocolate company Prestat, but is still plotting his return to the true home of jollof rice. Like his late uncle (referred to in The Gay Street Chronicles), he has a creative mind. He lives and writes in Somerset.
