EAN: 9780241476109

THE TRUE HEART - SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER KARTONI...

'The kind of novelist who inspires an intense sense of ownership in her fans ... her sympathies
tended naturally to the marginal  the vulnerable  the exploited  the obscure' Sarah WatersSukey
Bond  a sixteen-year-old orphan  is sent to work as a servant at a farm on the remote Essex
Marshes. There she falls in love with gentle  unworldly Eric  the son of the rector's wife 
only for them to be separated when their relationship is discovered. But nothing will deter
Sukey in her quest to be reunited with her true love  even if it means seeking the help of
Queen Victoria herself.'One of our most idiosyncratic  courageous and versatile writers'
Hermione Lee'One can't be too thankful that Miss Townsend Warner has lived to discover the
alchemist's secret of transmuting the past into pure gold' Hilary Spurling

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