Description
Almost two hundred years ago, Abraham, an illiterate urchin, scavenges on a Suffolk beach and dreams of running away to sea. Seventeen-year-old Naomi, a seamstress, imagines a new life in the big city. George, a private soldier in the 50th Regiment of Foot, marries his Irish bride, Annie, in Manchester Cathedral, and together they face married life under arms. Today, these people exist only in the bare bones of registers and census lists, but they were once real enough. Simon Mawer gives flesh and voice to his ancestors, bringing them to life through birth and death, and through love that is open and lawful as well as hidden and illicit. Connecting these disparate figures is a bond they could never have known about: the unbreakable bond of family.
Information
Author: Mawer Simon
Language: English
Publication date: June 1, 2023
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Fiction in english, English novels
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 415
ISBN/EAN: 9780349144979