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19 nov 2010 · Dramatic clip from the Sally Lockhart mystery Ruby in the Smoke starring Billie Piper, Julie Walters and ...more. Fred and Jim's attempt to rescue Adelaide from the clutches of Mrs Holland...
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She rules this world with an iron fist, treating all who work for her with cruelty and contempt. Her young maid, Adelaide, lives in a constant state of terror.
22 nov 2006 · Adelaide ( Chloe Walker) Adelaide is haunted by a permanent and soul-destroying fear - her employer Mrs Holland. If Adelaide makes a mistake or tries to run away then Mrs Holland swears...
The Ruby in the Smoke is a novel by Philip Pullman, published in 1985. It is the first in the Sally Lockhart series. The novel opens in London in 1872, as sixteen-year-old Sally Lockhart gets out of a horse-drawn cab outside her father’s offices.
The Ruby in the Smoke (1985) is a novel by the English author Philip Pullman. It went on to win the 1987 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award. It was also adapted for television in 2006. This book is the first of the Sally Lockhart Quartet. It is followed by The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well and The Tin Princess.
- Philip Pullman
- 200 pp
- 1985
- 1985
An ex-pickpocket, Trembler works for the Garlands in The Ruby in the Smoke and is characteristically nervous, hence his nickname. He takes to Adelaide very quickly and loves her like a daughter. The stereographic picture of Trembler with Adelaide on his knee is a clue to the true identity of the 'Cockney Queen' in "The Tin Princess".
4 feb 2007 · The Ruby in the Smoke: Directed by Brian Percival. With Billie Piper, Matt Smith, Sian Thomas, Kay Lyon. In Victorian England, a young woman searches for a priceless ruby and uncovers even greater mysteries.
