The Miner's Wife

b>Set in the Yorkshire Dales during the 19th century, The Miner's Wife by Diane Allen is a sweeping historical saga novel./b>br>b>/b>br>Nineteen-year-old Meg Oversby often dreams of a more exciting life than the dull existence she faces at her family's farm deep in the Yorkshire Dales. Growing up, she's always sensed her father's disappointment at not having a son to help with the farm work. So when Meg dances all night at the local market hall with Sam Alderson, a lead miner from Swaledale, a new light enters her life. Sam and his brother Jack show Meg a side to life she didn't know existed. But when her parents find out, she's forbidden from ever seeing them again. Although where there is love, there is often a way. When Meg's uncle offers her the chance of helping to run the small village shop, she leaps at the opportunity, seeing it as a way to escape the oppressive family farm and see more of her beloved Sam. But as love blossoms, a darker truth emerges and Meg realizes that Sam may not be the man she thought he was . . .

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Diane Allen, Allen Diane
• Verlag: Macmillan
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781509895205
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-9520-5
• Seiten: 368
• Abmessung: 162 mm x 240 mm x 37 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Historical romance, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Family Life / General, Historical fiction, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Victorian, c 1800 to c 1900, Family life fiction, c 1870 to c 1879