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The Clockwork Three
''The Clockwork Three'' is a 2010 novel by American author Matthew J. Kirby. Set in a fictional coastal city in the late nineteenth century, it follows three children: Giuseppe, Hannah, and Frederick who work to solve each other's problems. Origins The idea for ''The Clockwork Three'' came to Kirby when he read a story of a boy named Joseph in a newspaper from 1873. Joseph got kidnapped from Italy and had to play a fiddle in English streets to earn money for his master, until he eventually escaped. Plot One day, Giuseppe finds a green violin floating in the harbor and he tries it out. He finds that it gives a very beautiful sound, and he is thrown money from people everywhere in the streets. He gets an idea to use his green violin to buy a boat ticket back to Italy, where he had been taken from. For once, Giuseppe has hope in getting back to his family. Frederick is going around in search of a chest plate for his clockwork man. While wandering the streets, Frederick catches a gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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