Determined to focus on work rather than books, as his father had, twelve-year-old Patrick Waters leaves Belfast as a steward on the Titanic, but the very wealthy Harry Widener arranges to tutor him, drawing Patrick into association with thieves seeking Harry’s very rare edition of Francis Bacon’s Essays.
- ISBN: 9781596436732
- Author: Mone, Gregory
- Published: 2012 , Roaring Brook Press
- Themes: Adventures, Reading, social class, Thieves, voyage
- Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Northern Ireland (UK)
- No. of pages: 223