Interweaving real and fictional elements, is a major new literary historical fiction crime novel in the tradition of. England 1819: thomas shield, a new master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young America...Interweaving real and fictional elements, is a major new literary historical fiction crime novel in the tradition of. England 1819: thomas shield, a new master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the boy's sensitive best friend, charles frant.