Lyndsay Faye
Hardcover | Pages: 408 pages Rating: 3.88 | 12885 Users | 1956 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Gods of Gotham |
| ISBN: | 0399158375 (ISBN13: 9780399158377) |
| Edition Language: | English URL https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/310329/the-gods-of-gotham-by-lyndsay-faye/9780425261255/ |
| Series: | Timothy Wilde #1 |
| Characters: | Timothy Wilde, Valentine Wilde, Mercy Underhill, Bird Daly, Silkie Marsh, Dr Peter Palsgrave, Mrs Boehm, Reverend Underhill |
| Setting: | New York City, New York,1845(United States) Manhattan, New York City, New York,1845(United States) Five Points, New York City, New York(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel (2013), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2012) |
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1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever. Timothy Wilde tends bar near the Exchange, fantasizing about the day he has enough money to win the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams literally incinerate in a fire devastating downtown Manhattan, he finds himself disfigured, unemployed, and homeless. His older brother obtains Timothy a job in the newly minted NYPD, but he is highly skeptical of this new "police force." And he is less than thrilled that his new beat is the notoriously down-and-out Sixth Ward - at the border of Five Points, the world's most notorious slum. One night while making his rounds, Wilde literally runs into a little slip of a girl - a girl not more than ten years old - dashing through the dark in her nightshirt... covered head to toe in blood. Timothy knows he should take the girl to the House of Refuge, yet he can't bring himself to abandon her. Instead, he takes her home, where she spins wild stories, claiming that dozens of bodies are buried in the forest north of 23rd Street. Timothy isn't sure whether to believe her or not, but, as the truth unfolds, the reluctant copper star finds himself engaged in a battle for justice that nearly costs him his brother, his romantic obsession, and his own life.List Regarding Books The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde #1)
| Title | : | The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde #1) |
| Author | : | Lyndsay Faye |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 408 pages |
| Published | : | March 15th 2012 by Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Historical Mystery |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 12885 Users | 1956 ReviewsArticle Regarding Books The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde #1)
(B+) 77% | GoodNotes: It revels in period authenticity, though its heroes progressive social attitudes feel too twenty-first century for the era.New York City Police Department Application - 18451) Can you walk?2) Are you a Democrat?If you answered Yes to both of these questions: Congratulations! You are now a police officer for the city of New York.Timothy Wilde was a bartender who was doing well by the standards of 1845. He had saved some money which he planned on using for his dream of purchasing a ferry boat and asking the woman he was in love with to marry him. However, a devastating fire leaves him homeless, unemployed, penniless
6/10New York back in the mid 19th century sounds like a shit hole. Probably no more or less than any other major city at that time but what a melting pot of emotions mixing so many different types of characters with differing ethnic backgrounds into a relatively small space. It's not going to end well!Although this is what drew me in; I love a bit of historical fiction taking me to a different time and place and even better when I don't know a great deal about that era. This novel layers the
The Gods of Gotham could hardly have opened in a more impressive way. Starting off at breakneck speed, the reader is shot back in time to New York, 1845, as a raging fire destroys a large portion of the city. Debris flies through the air, the stench of burning skin lingers in the air and thousands of people are left homeless by the destruction. Amongst those whose life is destroyed in Timothy Wilde. Formerly a barkeeper at a local oyster bar, he discovers his workplace is eaten by the flames, as
Just read the other reviews. Faye's story grabs you from the first sentence and doesn't let go. My only regret is that the library glued down the flaps, covering up part of the map of Manhattan on the inner covers. Timothy Wilde and his brother Val seem a little bigger than life - orphans after fire took their parents lives. Val lives by his wits as Party boss - the Democrats. Wilde is made penniless when southern Manhattan burns to the ground - his savings and his job as bartender up in smoke.
A vortex of a book! The twists and turns and reveals and dark secrets - I'm spinning! Without reservation, I recommend this book as the best mystery I've read this year! Terrific, well-done, exciting read, despite the horror, death and destruction without a lot of resolution...because it's, you know, New York.Timothy Wilde, I love you. I want to be your woman. Poor man. I'm a sucker for a guy who is so tough, he's willing to fight 50 men by himself, even though he knows he's going to die, in
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