The World from Rough Stones - Softcover

MacDonald, Malcolm

 
9781402236082: The World from Rough Stones

Synopsis

John Stevenson is just a navy foreman working on the Summit Tunnel of the Manchester & Leeds Railway when a near-fatal accident brings 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. It is a story of love, hate, lust, and deception as England's glorious Victorian age is dawning.

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About the Author

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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