false 638603 15 When a petty thief falls through a glass roof while fleeing from the police, it should have been the death of him. Instead, it marks the beginning of a whole new life. Soon he has become the most successful -- and elusive -- burglar in Victorian London, plotting daring raids and using London's new sewer system to escape. He adopts a dual existence to fit his new lifestyle, taking on the roles of a respectable, wealthy gentleman named Montmorency and his corrupt servant, Scarper. 1526789 2003 Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? (Montmorency, Book 1) total:530|5:130|4:207|3:144|2:44|1:5| 530 2003 716 107 3 2 false false Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 15:10:59 -0700 2008 Sat May 17 11:24:19 -0700 2008
This is the story of Montmorency, a criminal who slowly goes straight. Montmorency (not even the protagonist's real name; the reader is never told what it is or where he came from) was in a horrible acciden...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Dec 21 19:41:04 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 20:21:16 -0800 2008
A small-time crook is given a new lease on life by an ambitious doctor after a near-fatal fall during a break-in. Now he has learned to navigate the sewer systems to enhance his life of crime, and has...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 05:24:37 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 19:09:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 01:53:56 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 01:58:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 28 11:50:20 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 06:44:54 -0700 2008
Montmorency is a light and fun read: the prisoner uses the knowledge he gained in prison to develop a ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jul 02 23:00:51 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 23:10:06 -0700 2008 The Count of Monte Cristo, which I adored as a kid and reread recently with great enjoyment and greater understanding of Dantes' need for revenge. In Montmorency, I love the escape and...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Aug 22 09:53:10 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 09:57:10 -0700 2007
The characters in the book are really intriguing. I loved following the story of Montmorency, also known as Scarper, thro...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 03 14:34:10 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 14:35:01 -0700 2009 weird book this is. It falls into no genre I know. It is part historical novel, since it is set in Victorian London, and it reveals some information about the period, underlining the vast differences of lifestyle, dwelling areas, possessions and morals that exist between the upper and l...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 11:32:26 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 16:08:59 -0800 2009
In Montmorency, we meet a man who decides to reinvent himself after a period of incarceration - he had been captured when he was terribly injured fol...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Apr 14 16:15:50 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 14 16:15:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 22:27:03 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 04:13:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 06:44:02 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 06:46:28 -0700 2007 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 22:03:39 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 22:05:06 -0700 2007 ]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 16:47:53 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 16:49:40 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 12:24:19 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 14:46:14 -0800 2009
The pacing was very good. The characters were i...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 11:10:21 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 10:31:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 19 17:37:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 17:42:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 01 15:25:49 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 15:34:21 -0700 2009 One Monmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? makes it look great, maybe even dark and thrilling. Is it really? No.

When I first saw this book in the library of m...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 30 09:09:35 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 15:43:55 -0700 2008 Captured while trying to run away from the police, Montmorency can’t even remember his own name. Fatally injured during the chase, he only survives due to Doctor Farcett, a brilliant surgeon experimenting on new surgery techniques. Soon after he ha...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Mar 20 18:28:51 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 18:30:06 -0700 2008 AR: 7.4
Susan's Review
Critically injured while running from the police, a subsequently imprisoned thief becomes the project of a surgeon experimenting with restorative surgery. The doctor takes his thief as an example of his work to the meetings of his scientific soc...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1534678