This powerful love story set in 19th-century Whitby finds Sarah Shaw almost destitute, fleeing her abusive husband. In desperate need of accommodation and employment, she takes a post as governess and forms a bond with her young charge, Robin, an invalid who has spent most of his short childhood indoors, in awe of his distant father.
A moving tale of love and loss - 1938. Meg Stephens, a young art student, travels to Saint Tropez in pursuit of adventure. Captivated by Provence, she embarks on a painting holiday and as war approaches, she falls deeply in lovewith Werner, an exiled Austrian intellectual . . . Many years after Megs death, her daughter discovers a long-lost ...
"A young man comes of age in late nineteenth-century Ireland - "Matt's happy childhood in rural Ireland is blighted only by the knowledge that his 'Uncle' Patsy and 'Aunt' Nora are not his real family. Then Nora dies in a tragic accident, and Matt and Patsy are taken in by their English landlords. As Matt forms life-changing friendships, his ...
The Reverend William Stone believes there can be no higher calling for his beautiful daughter Julia than to be his housekeeper and to assist with his famous theological studies. But Julia accepts a proposal of marriage and elopes, even though her reason warns her that she has made a mistake.
From humble beginnings in an Irish village, beautiful Brid Flynn rises to become a dazzling star of the theatre. The glitter and squalor of Victorian London, the class conflicts of rural Ireland, and New York high society, are the backdrop to this tale of private and public tragedies and triumphs.
In 1878 the O'Leary's are amongst the many Irish families struggling to find the rent for their farms. Hot-headed Rory O'Leary decides to take the advice of the Land League and withholds payment. Convinced they'll be evicted, his 17-year-old sister Abby visits their English landlord, Sir George, hoping to persuade him to give them more time to pay ...
A saga about an Englishwoman whose life in Ireland in the summer of 1920 is changed forever when she falls in love with an aloof Englishman who, it later appears, is responsible for an ambush which killed her brother and outlawed her oldest friend who were in favour of Irish independence.
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
