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Raised in the slums of Edwardian Tyneside, spirited and out-spoken Maggie Beaton joins the ranks of the suffragettes, determined to prove herself to her more wealthy comrades, in particular Alice Pearson, haughty daughter of the powerful local shipbuilder. But Maggie is betrayed by someone close and is soon a fugitive, spurned by family and friends. Only miner and passionate man, George Gordon, stands by her and for a blissful time his love is enough. But war is looming and Maggie is left alone and pregnant. Will she ever see George again? Her courage and endurance will be tested to the limit, in this heartbreakingly moving and inspiring novel.…mehr

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Raised in the slums of Edwardian Tyneside, spirited and out-spoken Maggie Beaton joins the ranks of the suffragettes, determined to prove herself to her more wealthy comrades, in particular Alice Pearson, haughty daughter of the powerful local shipbuilder. But Maggie is betrayed by someone close and is soon a fugitive, spurned by family and friends. Only miner and passionate man, George Gordon, stands by her and for a blissful time his love is enough. But war is looming and Maggie is left alone and pregnant. Will she ever see George again? Her courage and endurance will be tested to the limit, in this heartbreakingly moving and inspiring novel.
Autorenporträt
Janet MacLeod Trotter is the author of numerous bestselling and acclaimed novels, including The Hungry Hills, which was nominated for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, The Tea Planter's Daughter, which was nominated for the Romantic Novelists' Association Novel of the Year Award, and In the Far Pashmina Mountains, which was shortlisted for the RNA Historical Romance of the Year Award. Her novels have been translated into nine different languages. She grew up in the North-East of England where her father was a history teacher. Much informed by her own experiences and fascinated by family links between Scotland and India, MacLeod Trotter travelled in India as a young woman. Find out more about the author and her novels at www.janetmacleodtrotter.com.