About this title: Five years after giving up his life of crime in the London sewers, Montmorency is back. But his evil alter ego, Scarper, has returned too, pulling him back into a dark world of crime.Montmorency's old friend and fellow government agent, Lord George Fox-Selwyn, fights to rescue him from disaster. The two men are needed now more than ever, as a rash of bombings threaten to destroy England's rail lines. And only Montmorency's intimate knowledge of the London underworld can save the city...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Orchard
Date published: 2004-04-01
ISBN-13:9780439580359ISBN:0439580358
Description: Good. Ex-library copy in good condition with a mylar cover over the dust jacket, reading wear and some library stamps and stickers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Orchard
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780439580359ISBN:0439580358
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780439580366ISBN:0439580366
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Scholastic
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780439856287ISBN:0439856280
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Scholastic
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780439856287ISBN:0439856280
Description: Good. Purchasing this DVD supports the North Central Regional Library. Thriftbooks and NCRL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Library ID found on DVD and case. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Orchard
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780439580359ISBN:0439580358
Description: Good. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Scholastic
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780439856287ISBN:0439856280
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Date published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780439580366ISBN:0439580366
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Inc., New York
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780439856287ISBN:0439856280
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very good clean flat paperback with only very light overall wear. pages clean and unmarked. very nice copy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Orchard
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780439580359ISBN:0439580358
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Orchard
Date published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780439580359ISBN:0439580358
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. ~~ NEW ~~ LIKE NEW ~~ NEW ~~ LIKE NEW ~~ NEW ~~ Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 232 p. Montmorency (Hardcover), 1. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"Montmorency is the story of a thief who falls through a glass roof and hovers on the brink of death. A brilliant young doctor convinces the prison warden in charge to let him saves the thief's life. The doctor takes the thief to lectures to display the miraculous recovery of Prisoner 493. After completing his term in prison, and with an exclusive knowledge of Victorian London's new sewer system gained by listening to the various lectures he attended with the doctor, 493 becomes the most successful and elusive thief in London-a man he calls Scarper. In order to keep his identity a secret, he has also become a man named Montmorency, who is a respectable, wealthy gentleman. By maintaining the dual identities, he has a successful career as a thief, but Montmorency starts to prefer the honest life. And one tiny mistake could betray his whole existence! Will he decide to quit being Scarper the thief, or will he continue to live as two different people? And can he keep it a secret?
Don't miss the exciting sequels: Montmorency on the Rocks Montmorency and the Assassins Montmorency's Revenge"
"This book had an incredibly unique, interesting premise... however, I won't be reading the sequels. The idea was amazing, but the writing style and handling of the idea amature. None of the characters ever really got developed, even the main character. For all we've heard, he has no family, friends, or past life at all. That made him fall way flat. Also, all the pivotal turning points in the book happened in the last 30 pages, by which I was skimming just to get through the book. Amazing idea, horrible handling."
"An interesting "Tween" book in that there are no YA characters... I would feel comfortable recommending it to either Teens or Tweens. It's set in Victorian London and features Montmorency, a petty thief who has a horrible accident and becomes the pet project of a surgeon while he's recuperating and doing his time in prison. While in prison, he develops a master plan for when he gets out that will involve using London's new sewer system to become a master thief. Necessary to the plan is a dual persona, the first being "Montmorency, Gentleman" and the other being "Scarper, servant." The period descriptions are good and I love how the character becomes more and more comfortable in his role as a Gentleman. Also listened to the audiobook version which was read by Stephen Fry whom I adore."
"It took me a while to get through this one... I was a bit put off by the whole two personalities thing - felt a bit over emphasized, somehow. The fact that he actually named his other personality was a bit odd - although I realise that was also so that he could tell people who asked what Scarper's name was. However I did enjoy the way his character changed over time as he became more comfortable with being a gentleman and I also liked the way he became an 'honest man' at the end and gave everything back to people. I enjoyed his relationships with both Fox-Selwyn and Dr Farcett, which were well developed and convincing. The ending felt a bit like the ending of the 7th Harry Potter book where J K Rowling gave a brief (and confusing) summary of the next 17 years or so in a few lines... That said, this ending, though similar, was much less trite (and isn't remotely confusing either, for the record)."
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