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by Elizabeth Garner
narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith
Genre: Modern Fiction
Age Group: Adult
Media: CD
Book Reference: RTL1121
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2279 4
Duration: 9h 45m (approx.) on 9 CDs
Publication Date: April 2008
In nineteenth-century Oxford, an extraordinary child is born - Edgar Jones, a porter's son with a magical talent. Though his father cannot see beyond his academic slowness, his abilities as a metalworker and designer are quickly noticed, and become a source of tension within the family.
When Edgar comes to the attention of a maverick professor at work on a museum of the natural sciences, Edgar is at once plucked from obscurity and plunged into the heart of a debate which threatens to tear the university apart...