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The unforgettable first novel in the classic Stevenson Family Saga from epic master Malcolm Macdonald
John Stevenson is a just a foreman when a near-fatal accident bring young Nora Telling into his life. Her nimbleness of mind and his power of command enable them to take over the working mill and rescue it from catastrophe. Together with their friends the Thorntons-who are troubled by a marriage mismatched in passion-they are willing to risk any dare, commit themselves to any act of cunning on their climb from rags to riches.
The first novel in the classic Stevenson Family Saga, The World from Rough Stones is the epic story of two ambitious but poor young people who, at the very start of the Victorian Era, combine their considerable talents to found a dynasty and go on to fame and fortune.
"A monumental saga...rich and tremendous." -Boston Globe
"A saga of immense power...the most exciting since the Swanns of Delderfield and the Forsytes of Galsworthy!" -Cincinatti Times
"Zestful research and Macdonald's mastery of the dialects and speech of all classes bring his novel noisily to life from the first to the last page." -The [London] Times
"A powerful new novel...a successful attempt to blend fiction with authenticity. The story is rich with colourful characters, brawling, boozing, and bedding...leaves the reader waiting impatiently for the next novel in what must be a memorable series." -Yorkshire Evening Post
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Malcom Macdonald is the author of 30 novels, including the bestselling Stevenson family saga, Rose of Nancemellin, and Hell Hath No Fury. He was born in England in 1932, and currently lives in Ireland.
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. World From Rough Stones. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Previous owners name to inside cover. Shelf wear and small tear to edge of D/J. The picture on the jascket shows the southern end of the Vale of Todmorden - a gap in the Penines on the Yorkshire-Lancashire border - as it was in 1839. A Thousand-strong army pf navvies and craftsmern are ripping a tunnel through the fott og the hill beyond: Summit Tunnel. At that time it was the longest raqilway tunnel in the world. The two men responsible for the work can be seen, together with their wives, in the foreground of the picture. This both couples: John and Nora Stevenson, and Walter and Arabella Thornton. When the story opens, John Stevenson, 36, is a mere foreman of a ganag of navvies. But an accident bankrupts the contactor and gives John the chance t take on the entire working. The same accident also brings Nora, 18, into his life. She is then down on her luck and close to starving. 567 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.). Seller Inventory # 102161