Overview

1814. The Napoleonic Wars reach even the quietest corners of England. When Hugh Armstrong takes a post as a land agent in a remote valley of mostly Quaker tenants, he hopes for respectable and orderly life—far from violence and the secrets he would rather forget. But in a single day, he faces escaped French prisoners and a body thawing in the snow.As unease spreads, he is drawn into the lives of the Hutton family, especially the fiercely independent Dorcas, who challenges everything he believes about the world. Hugh must decide where he stands, what kind of life he wants, and with whom.

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""A wonderfully written, well-researched, engaging and unusual story.""    Kathleen McGurl ""Elegantly written, and gently infused with humour... Hardy-esque without the tragedy.""   Jo Chinn ""The landscape is beautifully described, the characters well drawn and there’s plenty of humour."" Rosemary Hayes, Historical Novels Review

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Rosemary Sturge is a British historical novelist with a keen interest in people as well as the past. After working for many years in nursery, further-education and youth-club settings, she returned to writing and has since produced fiction set in a range of periods, from 18th-century Venice to medieval England. Her research for Clouds Over Bowland led her deep into the world of 1814 Lancashire, its rural communities, local Quaker meetings, and the little-known history of French prisoners of war held in the region. While Rosemary has been a Quaker from childhood, her husband’s family have practised Quakerism since the 17th century.

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