by Leon Garfield · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782010139253
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«Smith» is Leon Garfield's young adult adventure novel, published by Le Livre de poche, Jeunesse in paperback (287 pages, in French).
London, 18th century: Smith, a boy of humble origins, finds himself caught up in a conspiracy of bandits and mysteries. To survive in a hostile city, he can only rely on his wits and his courage.
Published in France in 1984, translated from English by Jeanne Bouniort with illustrations by Mette Ivers; number 172 in the Le Livre de poche, Jeunesse collection.
Recommended for young readers and for those who enjoy historical adventure novels set in the 18th century.
Leon Garfield FRSL was a British author. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books and scripted Shakespeare: The Animated Tales for television. His retellings of Shakespeare for young readers were published as Shakespeare Stories. He wrote an ending for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, left unfinished at the death of Charles Dickens. Garfield won the inaugural Guardian Prize for Devil-in-the-Fog and the Carnegie Medal for The God Beneath the Sea, a retelling of Greek mythology cowritten with Edward Blishen..
