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(0)Linda Finlay
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Pub. Date
2021
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Camberwell, 1910. Just when things are going right for aspiring artist Daisy, a dramatic change of family fortune means she must leave the job she loves at theatrical scenery company and head to Devon. Only the silver bangle she wears on her wrist brings comfort, reminding her of Harry, who once promised her his heart. In Devon, life is very different. Lodging with her uncle, she finds herself thrust into life at his busy tavern, scrubbing and washing....
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From the flower markets of Covent Garden in the 1880s, to the violet farms of Devon, a sweeping historical saga from best-selling author Linda Finlay. Bella has known nothing but luxury and privilege, raised by her uncle in a London townhouse since the death of her mother. But when fortunes change, Bella finds herself forced to abandon her fine dresses and jewellery, and flee to the seldom-mentioned old family violet farm in Devon. Far from London,...
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Cornwall, 1860. Colenso Carne is forced to flee her family when the local mine owner turns his attentions her way. Forced to shear her long dark tresses, she hides in a wagon to escape, finding herself at the local fair in Helson. Fascinated by the unfettered life of the travelling people, Colenso sets to work on a stall selling rock candy, gingerbread, and sweetmeats. But the Fair has a dark side too, and soon Colenso is invited to join the illusionist...
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Tragically left an orphan, Solomon is bought to the Red Cliff's Ragged School in Torquay- a place that takes care of the city's poorest children when no one else will. Sarah Sullivan, a teacher in the school with a sad past of her own, immediately takes young Solomon into Red Cliffs and into her heart. But life is far from easy at Red Cliffs. With the school facing closure due to lack of funds, and Sarah fighting the battle to get equal education...
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Seventeen years old, Lily Rose scratches out a meagre living making lace, responsible for her siblings following the death of their parents. Hundreds of miles away, in London, Queen Victoria is preparing for her wedding. She will wear the most exquisite dress, bearing the famous Honiton lace. Lily is selected as one of the few to work on this top-secret commission, quickly making an impression, working day and night. But there are those who want to...
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Christmas joy is in short supply for twelve-year-old Eliza when she is thrown out of her home on a freezing night by her brutal father. As she trudges through the snow over the Devon moors she collapses in exhaustion, chilled to the bone and barely able to drag one foot in front of the other. She is taken in by Fay, who treats her with her own curatives, nursing her back to health until she is strong enough to continue on her travels. As the weather...
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HQ
Pub. Date
2021
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Nettlecombe Manor, nestled in the rolling hills of Devon, is home to the Lord Farringdon and his second wife, Lady Charlotte. As if running the vast estate wasn't enough, Lord Farringdon has five daughters to keep him busy. Lady Charlotte is determined that the betrothal of the eldest, Louisa, should be celebrated with a ball which is the envy of Devon society and summons a corsetiere from Exeter to measure them up for new corsets. Apprentice Jane...
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Magna
Pub. Date
2016
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Rowan is devastated when her mother dies. And when her father marries a scheming woman who makes it clear she doesn't see Rowan as part of her new family, she finds herself facing a desolate future at the asylum. Yet Rowan refuses to give up hope. With her mother's cherished red ribbon tied around her wrist, she draws on the strength of her spirit to plot a daring escape to a nearby town. It is here that Rowan finds work as an apprentice to a bonnet...
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Ragged School volume 1
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Magna
Pub. Date
2018
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A little girl is found abandoned on a beach one chilly Monday in October, alone apart from the body of her mother, cold beside her. Rendered silent by her traumatic experience, she is named Monday by the woman who discovers her and takes her to the Red Cliffs Ragged School above Torquay. Her saviour, twenty-two-year old Sarah Sullivan, has also had a tough life. But when she was summoned to help out at Red Cliffs - a haven for poverty-stricken children...
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HQ
Pub. Date
2022
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Nettlecombe Manor is home to the Earl of Farringdon and his second wife, Lady Charlotte. As if running the estate and keeping poachers at bay wasn't enough, the Earl has five daughters to keep him busy and the imminent debutante ball in London means that the family must decamp from Devon to the City for a season of parties and introductions, with a suitable marriage in mind. But this season, there will be surprises for all the Farringdons.
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Lamplight Large Print Books
Pub. Date
2020
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A heart-warming tale from the Queen of West Country Saga, LINDA FINLAY. Orphaned at birth, Eliza lives with her beloved Grandparents in a waterlogged Somerset cottage surrounded by willow beds where she ekes out a living making laundry baskets and eel traps. Although poor she is content, until childhood friend Clem, regales her with tales of his adventures along the river and she begins to wonder what life is like beyond the Droves. When fate brings...
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Magna
Pub. Date
2017
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Seventeen-year-old Merryn Dyer has been helping her mother knit fishermen's jumpers in their little Cornish village for as long as she can remember. Blonde and blue-eyed, she is different to the rest of the villagers and never felt like she fitted in. She takes after her father, her mother says - a seaman who died before she was born. Life's a struggle. So when she is offered a job in a department store in Plymouth, she jumps at the chance, despite...