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Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
1874. Growing up in extreme poverty in London, Pearl thinks life can get no worse. But when her parents discover there's yet another baby on the way, they have to tighten the belt even further. Pearl's mother decides to send her and her younger sister Eliza to the workhouse, where they are forced into a new life of hardship and struggle. Pearl's hopes are raised when the workhouse offers the sisters a new life in Canada and they board an orphan ship...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
Fleeing a disastrous and humiliating arrest of her husband-to-be on the eve of their wedding, Celia Kilbride, a gems and jewellery expert, hopes to escape from public attention by lecturing on a brand-new cruise ship - the Queen Charlotte. On board she meets 86-year-old Lady Emily Haywood, 'Lady Em', as she is known throughout the world. Immensely wealthy, Lady Em is the owner of a priceless emerald necklace that she intends to leave to the Smithsonian...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Liverpool, 1910. When Patch runs up the gangway of RMS Glorious she is just looking for a quick place to hide. Too late, she realises the ship is moving! Patch has become an accidental stowaway ... Luckily Patch?s unconventional past helps her blend in on both the upper and lower decks. But hiding isn?t easy: her new friends urgently need her help and there?s a mystery that needs solving ... All before they reach New York!.
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