The river maid.
The river maid.
By
:
Court, Dilly.
Publication Date
:
2018
Volume
:
bk. 1
Subject Term
:
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Interpersonal attraction -- Fiction.
Poverty -- Fiction.
Voyages and travels -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Australia -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Series
:
RIVER MAID ;
Summary
:
London, 1854: twenty-year-old Essie Chapman lives with her father in poverty stricken Limehouse, working on the river as a boatman. Her life seems set before her, never to leave this part of London and forever at her father's beck and call. Then, one night, she must transport a mysterious man from a foreign ship to the banks of the Thames, a man who ends up renting a room in Essie's house, identifying himself only as `Raven'. When curiosity gets the better of her, Essie follows him and unwittingly becomes involved in something far greater than she could ever have guessed. Finding herself on a ship bound for the penal colonies in Australia with Raven and his cousin Alice, this is only the start of a remarkable journey taking her to the other side of the world and back again.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780008199609
General Note
:
Includes excerpt from the next book in the River maid series, The summer maiden.
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy | Status |
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Stephenville (WST) (Kindale) | Adult Fic Softcover | Adult Fiction Softcover | FIC COU | bk. 1 | Checked In |