Name: Jem (and Sam)
Price: 37.44 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Ferdinand Mount
ISBN: 9780099273141

Select your country

Americas

Europe

Rest of the world

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Vintage

Author

Ferdinand Mount

Year

1999

Pages

432

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.10 x 14.90 x 3.50 cm

ISBN13

9780099273141

Jem (and Sam)

Ferdinand Mount (Author) · Vintage · Paperback

Cheaper New Book Imported to Austria

Delivery: 15 Jul - 23 Jul

37,44 €

Faster New Book Imported to Austria

Delivery: 14 Jul - 16 Jul

38,71 €

Import costs and 10% VAT included in the price ✅

37,44 €

Add to Wishlist

Synopsis "Jem (and Sam)"

How does Jeremiah Mount, the dealer in pornography, come to be the lover of the Duchess of Albemarle and the colleague of the great Samuel Pepys? This autobiography takes its dubious hero from the shaky days of Cromwellian England, through the unbuttoned license of the Restoration, to the panic of Monmouth's Rebellion and the Jamaica sugar boom.

How does Jeremiah Mount, the dealer in pornography, come to be the lover of the Duchess of Albemarle and the colleague of the great Samuel Pepys? In Pepys'' Diary, Jem Mount plays a shadowy role, but in Jem''s own memories Sam looms large. Friends and drinking partners at first, they become vicious rivals for fame and women. In his struggle to survive and triumph over his adversary in a rackety world, Jemm stumbles into many trades: chemist, butler, soldier, secretary and, now and then, lover.This ''newly discovered autobiography'' - with its disconcerting echoes of our own time - takes its dubious hero from the shaky days of Cromwellian England, through the unbuttoned license of the Restoration, to the panic of Monmouth''s Rebellion and the Jamaica sugar boom.