A book to savor and decipher, rich in atmosphere and character and style that strikes sparks from the cobbles

New Statesman

Filled with voluble wit

- Washington Post,

One stormy December night some time in the eighteenth century, a coach came thundering down the long hill outside of Dorking on its usual journey into London. But something unusual was to happen that night as one of the passengers unepectedly gave birth to a child.Not until he was eight did Sam Chichester discover that the coachman and guard he called 'Ma and 'Pa' were not his real parents. Sam will need to grow up, leave home, and find love before he will finally uncover the truth about his parentage.
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One stormy December night some time in the eighteenth century, a coach came thundering down the long hill outside of Dorking on its usual journey into London.
A book to savor and decipher, rich in atmosphere and character and style that strikes sparks from the cobbles
A rollicking, exciting and moving tale from Leon Garfield.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781782950684
Publisert
2014-04-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Red Fox Classics
Vekt
245 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Leon Garfield was born in Brighton in 1921. He was the acclaimed author of more than thirty novels for children and adults including Devil in the Fog, winner of the inaugural Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize in 1967, The God Beneath the Sea, winner of the 1970 Carnegie Medal, and John Diamond, winner of the 1980 Whitbread literary award. He was also elected a member of the Royal Society of Literature. He died in 1996.