The Inn on the Marsh
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Time alone would heal the sorrows of Hollinbury, bright dreams banish the old unhappy ghosts . . . The Malted Shovel, exuberant heart and soul of Hollinbury Hamlet, buzzed with talk while the ale... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0708842364
ISBN13:9780708842362
Release Date:October 1990
Publisher:Futura
Length:347 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
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A great book with brilliant atmosphere!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This story is centered around an old inn on the Kent marshes in rural England at the time of the Napolionic War. Old Dot and Aunt Beet have been left with the care of thier neice Lucinda, as she grows up she becomes very beatiful and the old aunts try to protect her from the outside world, but a mysterious stranger has his eye on Lucinda, and eventually a tragedy awaits the young girl. What of the Shulmead family who work the old forge up on the hill? Sam the tyrannical father is found with his head completley hacked off, has it anything to do with his sons Matt and Mark who suddenly run away to the Army? Or was it his son John, who slaves away at the brickfields from dawn till dusk with Larlee his drunken slovenly taskmaster? Or yet another Shulmead son Luke the imbecile? Find out in this lively and atmospheric novel.
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