Book description
Cornwall 1864. Josh and Miriam Retallick return home from Africa to
find the chimneys smokeless, the men and women hungry, and Lottie,
guarding goats on Bodmin Moor, an unmistakable Trago in looks and
spirit.
Josh soon takes stock of these hard times to become a new power in
his native land. While Jane Trago, a sensual woman but an unfeeling
mother, sweeps in like an ill wind to take up HER new trade in the
local tavern.
Against the fluctuating fortunes of the Sharptor mine we follow
Lottie, as she is drawn first to Jethro Shovell, a dedicated trade
unionist, and then to the smooth-talking aristocratic Hawken Strike.
Little knowing how heavily the sins of the mother can fall - even on a
daughter as wild as the moor...
E. V. Thompson was born in London and spent nine years in the Navy
before joining the Bristol police. He moved to Hong Kong, then Rhodesia
and had over 200 stories published before returning to England to become
a full-time award-winning writer.
