
2020 Longlist
Confessions of the Fox
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess were the most notorious thieves, jailbreakers, and lovers of eighteenth-century London. Yet no one knows the true story; their confessions have never been found.
Until now. Reeling from heartbreak, a scholar named Dr. Voth discovers a long-lost manuscript – a gender-defying exposé of Jack and Bess’s adventures. Is Confessions of the Fox an authentic autobiography or a hoax? As Dr. Voth is drawn deeper into Jack and Bess’s tale of underworld resistance and gender transformation, it becomes clear that their fates are intertwined and only a miracle will save them all.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Funny, political, historical – brilliant!
Pikes Peak Library District, USA
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
United States
Original Language
English
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Nominating Library