Barnaby Rudge

Renowned storyteller Charles Dickens takes on the historical novel in Barnaby Rudge, a gripping fictionalized account of the anti-Catholicism turmoil that rocked England in the late eighteenth century. The novel pairs Dickens' social insights into the "e;anti-papist"e; riots of 1780 with the quirky, closely observed characters that have won him a loyal following the world over.