A. J Pearce
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English
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This is a rags-to-riches story set in the turmoil of the eighteenth century, when the only way for ordinary folk to advance was to fight.Simon Pearce, born in poverty on the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall, England, takes his family on a swashbuckling journey that begins with the worst peacetime shipwreck in Royal Naval history, on 22nd October 1707, when five ships were lost on the Isles of Scilly. He was brought up into a family of smugglers, but a...
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Language
Deutsch
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London 1941, Bomben fallen auf die Stadt. Emmeline Lake träumt davon, eine beru?hmte Kriegskorrespondentin zu werden. Als sie eine Anzeige fu?r einen Job beim London Evening Chronicle sieht, scheint ihr Traum wahr zu werden. Doch stattdessen soll sie nur die Briefe der grimmigen Kummerkastentante Henrietta Bird vorsortieren. Emmeline ist enttäuscht, aber sie nimmt den Job an. Die Anweisungen von Mrs. Bird sind unmissverständlich: Alle Briefe, die...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away to war, Emmy Lake is now in charge of 'Yours Cheerfully,' the hugely popular advice column in Woman's Friend magazine. Cheered on by her best friend Bunty, Emmy is dedicated to helping readers face the increasing challenges brought about by over three years of war. The postbags are full and Woman's Friend is thriving. But Emmy's world is turned upside...