From the prize-winning author of In the Place of Fallen Leaves comes a beautiful, hypnotic pastoral novel reminiscent of Thomas Hardy, about an unexpected friendship between two children, set in Devon in 1911
1911. In a forgotten valley on the Devon–Somerset border, the seasons unfold, marked only by the rituals of the farming calendar. Twelve-year-old Leopold Sercombe skips school to help his father, a carter. Skinny and pale, Leo dreams of a job on the estate’s stud farm. He is breaking a colt for his father when a boy dressed in a Homburg, breeches and riding boots appears. Peering under the stranger’s hat, he discovers Miss Charlotte, the Master’s daughter. And so begins a friendship between the children, bound by a deep love of horses, but divided by rigid social boundaries – boundaries that become increasingly difficult to navigate as they approach adolescence.
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- Authors:
- Pears, Tim
- Year Published:
- 2017
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781408876848
- Number of Pages:
- 320
- Publication Date:
- 13/07/2017
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Series:
- The West Country Trilogy
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781408876848