Coast ~ The Journey Continues.
by Somerville, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0563539100
- ISBN 13
- 9780563539100
- Seller
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About This Item
HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2006* Publisher: BBC Publications/The Book People.* Binding and cover condition: Glossy colour-photo illustrated and laminated covers, blue, grey and white titles to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. FINE* Jacket condition: Matching illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (blue). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top-edge, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Fully illustrated with colour photos with coloured maps at rear.* Pages: 183 pp. text. lvii pp., gazetteer, coastal maps, post-script, acknowledgements, index & blank page at rear.* Description: Britain?s coastline ? the longest in Europe ? has had a profound influence on the history of the nation and the character of its people, yet many are unfamiliar with the fascinating stories and events that make it so unique. In Coast The Journey Continues, Christopher Somerville explores the 10,000 miles of the British Isles coastline, discovering its secrets ? past and present ? and unearthing a wealth of remarkable facts. This BBC publication accompanies the major television series.* A FINE copy of the 1st thus. with no visible faults.*
Synopsis
A chilling, literary novel about a nomadic young woman who becomes tangled in the stories of her past and the search for a wild boy. Teenage runaway Jamie Hall-entrapped by circumstance and poverty-seems incapable of escaping the mountain-and-valley watershed that was the birthplace of her maternal grandparents. Working as a housekeeper for Margaret, a retired photographer who leaves behind a pictorial chronicle of the valley's history, Jamie finds herself trapped in a town-and amongst a group of locals-unable to shake the relentless grip of the past. There's an ancient postmaster who lives through his memories of Jamie's grandmother, the woman he loved but who was never his. There's Galen, an ex-con who falls in love with Jamie, and who finds himself threatened by Harlan, a childhood friend who has become a murderous poacher. And then there's the wild boy tied to a tree. When Jamie sets him free, she unintentionally involves both Galen and Harlan in a fatal chase and unleashes a force of evil that will haunt her for the rest of her life. With an unforgettable cast of characters and gorgeous, piercing prose, The Housekeeper is at once a poetic meditation on landscape and a page-turning thriller. About the author: Melanie Wallace is the author of Blue Horse Dreaming. She and her husband live in Myloi, an agrarian village below the Ohi mountain range in Greece, and in Paris.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 635
- Title
- Coast ~ The Journey Continues.
- Author
- Somerville, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn. Thus 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0563539100
- ISBN 13
- 9780563539100
- Publisher
- The Book People/BBC Pubs.
- Place of Publication
- St Helen's, UK 241
- Date Published
- 2006-12-31
- Size
- 28 x 21.5 x 2 cm
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