Author:
Selznick, Brian, author, illustrator.
Imprint:New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.
Description665 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note:Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text.
Note:In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.