Playing the Jack

In 1785 a runaway orphan is picked up by a group of travelling players led by the mysterious Jack. With Fat Annie, largest woman on earth, and a troupe of dwarf acrobats, Sprat soon learns the tricks of the trade... Later, snatched from the streets of London, a new arrival at a notorious brother is taught some very different tricks... But even Sprat cannot play charades for ever... Colourful, fast-moving, original and above all readable.