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A powerful story of friendship, loyalty and the devastation of the English Civil War.
Local squire Robert Haslewood is gripped by the prospect of war. Following his boyhood hero, he leaves his family and travels away from their Oxfordshire village to fight for the Parliamentarian cause.
Wise Froniga, Robert's cousin, is caught between two worlds. Divided between her Puritan family at the manor house and her relatives in the Romany community, she works to heal those in need.
Left behind with her brother, Robert's daughter Jenny grows up under the shadow of conflict. When she encounters mysterious royalist Francis Leyland, she must choose between family loyalty and her own heart.
As their lives entwine, the villagers struggle to stay true to their beliefs as war threatens to tear their community apart.
A powerful story of friendship, loyalty and the devastation of the English Civil War.
Local squire Robert Haslewood is gripped by the prospect of war. Following his boyhood hero, he leaves his family and travels away from their Oxfordshire village to fight for the Parliamentarian cause.
Wise Froniga, Robert's cousin, is caught between two worlds. Divided between her Puritan family at the manor house and her relatives in the Romany community, she works to heal those in need.
Left behind with her brother, Robert's daughter Jenny grows up under the shadow of conflict. When she encounters mysterious royalist Francis Leyland, she must choose between family loyalty and her own heart.
As their lives entwine, the villagers struggle to stay true to their beliefs as war threatens to tear their community apart.
Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born on April 24th 1900 in Wells, Somerset, where her father was Principal of Wells Theological College. Although she had privately intended writing as a career, her parents insisted she taught handicrafts in Oxford. She began writing in her spare time and her first novel ISLAND MAGIC, set in Guernsey, was a great success here and in America. GREEN DOLPHIN COUNTRY (1944) projected her to fame, netting a Literary Guild Award and a special prize of £30,000 from Louis B. Mayer of MGM before being filmed.
In her later years Elizabeth Goudge settled in Henley-on-Thames. She died on April 1st, 1984.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781473656000 |
| ISBN-10: | 1473656001 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Goudge, Elizabeth |
| Hersteller: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Maße: | 195 x 128 x 32 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Elizabeth Goudge |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 24.08.2017 |
| Gewicht: | 0,361 kg |
Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born on April 24th 1900 in Wells, Somerset, where her father was Principal of Wells Theological College. Although she had privately intended writing as a career, her parents insisted she taught handicrafts in Oxford. She began writing in her spare time and her first novel ISLAND MAGIC, set in Guernsey, was a great success here and in America. GREEN DOLPHIN COUNTRY (1944) projected her to fame, netting a Literary Guild Award and a special prize of £30,000 from Louis B. Mayer of MGM before being filmed.
In her later years Elizabeth Goudge settled in Henley-on-Thames. She died on April 1st, 1984.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781473656000 |
| ISBN-10: | 1473656001 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Goudge, Elizabeth |
| Hersteller: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Maße: | 195 x 128 x 32 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Elizabeth Goudge |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 24.08.2017 |
| Gewicht: | 0,361 kg |
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