Towers in the Mist - Softcover

Elizabeth Goudge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1619706326 ISBN 13: 9781619706323

Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

"One was born a certain sort of person, and though by ceaseless struggle one might become as nice as that sort of person ever is, one could never become as nice as a nicer sort of person." -Elizabeth Goudge, Towers in the Mist It is late sixteenth-century London when awkward teenage Faithful travels to Oxford to study in England's great university. When Canon Leigh takes him in, Faithful enters into a family as exciting and educational as the university itself. Woven into the narratives of Faithful and the canon's daughter Joyeuce is Oxford during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I with the pomp and sordidness of the spectacular era of England's Golden Age. Not only a historical journey, Towers in the Mist is also a coming-of-age tale of young love and hope.

About this title

Book Description:

A novel in Elizabeth Goudge's Cathedral trilogy.

From the Back Cover:

When Faithful Crocker, an impoverished young man with a love of learning, travels to Oxford in the hope of becoming a scholar, he is offered a home with Canon Leigh and his eccentric family.

As Faithful begins to fulfil his academic dream, the Leigh family navigate the tricky waters of first love, uncover shocking secrets and experience devastating loss.

A charming tale of hope and love, set amid the dreaming spires of Elizabethan Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1619706326
• ISBN 13: 9781619706323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 377