In early-nineteenth-century Cornwall, Ben Retallick, born of mining and fishing families, is compelled by circumstances to undertake a desperate act of courage and finds himself thrust to the head of a parliamentary reform movement

Ben Retallick

Literature & Fiction

Thompson, E.V.

British & Irish

St Martins Pr

Life is not easy for Sally and Ruth. Alone since the death of their mother, both girls struggle to survive the hardships of life in Plymouth's docklands. Ruth, the eldest sister, does her best to look after Sally but the only way she can make money is through prostitution. Sally, however, is luckier; she finds a respectable job and, when she meets Ethan, who plays the flute with the Salvation Army band, she also finds romance. However, just as life seems to be finally getting easier for the sisters, Ruth is brutally murdered. Sally decides to search for her father, Robert, now a butler in Cornwall, but finding her father doesn't bring the happiness Sally anticipates. Instead Robert's reappearance brings further disappointments. But Sally's optimism never dies - the beautiful sound of a bird singing fills her with hope for a happy future.

Somewhere a Bird is Singing

Contemporary

Little,Brown

Cornish farmer Joseph Moyle's loyalty to the crown goes well rewarded - his step-son Ralf is appointed page to the future Charles II. And when Ralph takes up his post Britain is in the midst of its most tumultuous period ever - the war between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians and the dawning of an entirely new era ...Ralf's duties oblige him to follow the heir to the throne through the western counties, as he learns of court intrigue and the constant threat of Cromwell's armies. And of romance. As Charles begins the first of many affairs, Ralf falls in love. But this first love is a dangerous one. Brighid is an Irish Catholic . She is also complicit in an attempt to kidnap Charles - a fact that Ralf discovers when he foils the plot ...In 1645, when the conclusive Battle of Naseby marks ultimate defeat for the Royalists, Ralf follows Charles into exile. His return finds him more experienced, promoted to personal secretary - and desperate to return to Cornwall. But after ten years of loyal service to Charles, Ralf's dreams of the homecoming to his beloved Trecarne are shattered...

The Vagrant King

Time Warner Book Gp

Seek a New Dawn

When Cornwall's copper mines begin to close at the end of the 1870s, many men leave for the golden land of Australia, including Sam, the man Emily's vicar father believes isn't good enough for her. When her father dies and Emily learns she can't stay at the vicarage, she sets out for Australia.

Genre Fiction

Little,Brown & Company

Little,Brown & Co

Paths of Destiny

In 1854, the Crimean War is in full swing. Gideon is helping to organize a contract for a supply railway line to transport guns and food to the soldiers, while back home in Cornwall Alice is waiting for him. But her vicar employee has recently died and his replacement doesn't want her. An orphan and ostracised by the rest of the village, she's got nowhere to go. Leaving messages for Gideon's letters to be forwarded on to her, she is taken in by the Sisters of Mercy and finds herself looking after cholera-ridden children in Plymouth. With a shortage of nurses in the Crimea, she finds herself given a chance to see if Gideon loves her as much as she loves him.

Little, Brown Book Group

1854 - the Crimean War is in full swing.  Gideon, a navvy, is helping to organise a contract for a stretch of supply railway line there to transport guns and food to the soldiers. Back home in Cornwall Alice is waiting for him. But her vicar employee has recently died and his replacement doesn't want her.  An orphan and ostracised by the rest of the village, she's got nowhere to go. Leaving messages for Gideon's letters to be forwarded on to her, she is taken in by the Sisters of Mercy and finds herself looking after cholera-ridden children in Plymouth.  With a shortage of nurses in the Crimea, she finds herself given a chance to see if Gideon loves her as much as she loves him - when they can catch up with each other..

Romance

TIME WARNER BOOKS

Tomorrow Is for Ever

Alan Carter was only married to Dora for a week before being called up to serve in The Great War on HMS Viper. Eighteen months later, convalescing from a shoulder wound, he discovers his wife has almost forgotten him—and fallen in love with an American soldier. Devastated, he leaves East London for Cornwall. When his shoulder is better, even if his heart is still broken, he goes back into service and puts everything into it, getting two medals for bravery in the process. After the war, he decides he might as well live in Cornwall and try to start a new life. When he meets artist and suffragette Vicky, everything looks much better.

Tomorrow is for Ever

Time Warner

Josh Retallick, hardy son of a respected Cornish family, and his love the untamed Miriam, daughter of a drink-sodden copper miner, explore together the secret places and wild creatures of Bodmin Moor, unaware that fate will soon sweep them apart. But destiny brings them together again through hard and bitter years when forces of property and power fight to crush the sturdy mining folk who refuse, come what may, to see their spirit broken.

Chase The Wind

Pan/Macmillan

<p>It is 1846: the ship was bound for Australia. Aboard were Josh Retallick and Miriam Thackeray, prisoners destined for the convict settlements until the random hand of fate wrecked their vessel on the Skeleton Coast of South West Africa. Far from the brooding Bodmin Moor, Josh and Miriam are strangers in a strange and hostile land, an alien world of Bushmen and Hereros, of foraging Boers and greedy traders, of ivory tusks and smuggled guns. Sequel to Chase the Wind</p>

Harvest of the Sun

Pan Books

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Ben Retallick

Somewhere a Bird is Singing

The Vagrant King

Seek a New Dawn

Seek a New Dawn

Paths of Destiny

Paths of Destiny

Tomorrow is for Ever

Chase The Wind

Harvest of the Sun