Name: Deacon Brodie: A Double Life
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Author: Hutchison, David
ISBN: 9781512175172

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Author

David Hutchison

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

358

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm

Weight

0.48 kg.

ISBN13

9781512175172

Synopsis "Deacon Brodie: A Double Life"

When respected Gentleman and City Councillor, Deacon William Brodie, chases his love of gambling, he is drawn deep into a double life. Before long the open respectability of day gives way to a hidden life of crime at night, and soon, Brodie is on a trajectory to disaster - one which leads him to the gibbet.Set in the Edinburgh of 1788, Deacon Brodie: A Double Life is a fact-based novel which shows Brodie's love for gambling and risk sweeping him into a life of crime. Betrayed by an accomplice, and revealed as a "Gentleman by day, thief by night", Brodie escapes the city, is captured in Holland, then faced with a trial before a city where once he was a leading citizen.When he is sentenced to be hanged, his closest friend has a different idea and, in full view of everyone, Brodie takes his riskiest gamble yet . . .

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