Product Description

Cornwall 1864. Josh and Miriam Retallick return home from Africa to find the chimneys smokeless, the men and women hungry, and Lottie, guarding goats on Bodmin Moor, an unmistakable Trago in looks and spirit. Josh soon takes stock of these hard times to become a new power in his native land. While Jane Trago, a sensual woman but an unfeeling mother, sweeps in like an ill wind to take up HER new trade in the local tavern. Against the fluctuating fortunes of the Sharptor mine we follow Lottie, as she is drawn first to Jethro Shovell, a dedicated trade unionist, and then to the smooth-talking aristocratic Hawken Strike. Little knowing how heavily the sins of the mother can fall - even on a daughter as wild as the moor...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #134203 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 403 pages

Review
'...a lot more historical than romance - you will not be disappointed' - THE TIMES 'A vigorous and fascinating piece of storytelling from the pen of a first-class professional' - SUNDAY TIMES

SUNDAY TIMES
`A vigorous and fascinating piece of storytelling from the pen of a firstclass professional'

About the Author
E V Thompson was born in London and spent nine years in the Navy before joining the Bristol police. He moved to Hong Kong, then Rhodesia and had over 200 stories published before returning to England to become a full-time writer. In 1977 CHASE THE WIND won the Best Historical Novelist Award. He is married with two children and a variety of pets.

Customer Reviews

This is one of the best books EVT has ever written
Of all EVT's books this one goes straight to your heart. You love Lottie from the word go. Her trials and tribulations are yours infact you lose yourself in her.

Reading this book was a complete Joy. I have all EVT's books in Hardback First Editions exept this one and yet this paperback is the most used one.