Time and Tide [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Jessica Blair (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003

The death of her mother in 1813, brings added responsibility to seventeen-year-old Anna Mason. A self-confident girl, she has to shed her girlhood sooner than she would have expected as she assumes many of her mother's tasks in running the household of Hawkshead Manor. Julian Kirby, a family friend, is entranced by Anna but she doesn't feel she is able to return his affections while her father remains so devastated by his wife's death. However, whilst Anna's father, John Mason, is an outwardly respectable merchant operating out of Whitby, he is also the brains behind a leading smuggling operation in the district. And with his focus elsewhere, his business - legitimate and otherwise - is at risk; a fact which may have serious repercussions on the Mason family and Anna's future when she stumbles on the truth...

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Editorial Reviews

Review

'Jessica Blair knows how to keep the reader enthralled for page after action-packed page' Yorkshire Post Of The Locket: 'An intriguing and excellent book' Yorkshire Evening Press Of The Seaweed Gatherers: 'a powerful saga, packed from cover to cover with one emotional twist after another...you are caught up in a world of intrigue, rivalry and heated family disputes which make the blood run cold and the heart step up a pace' Yorkshire Life --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Jessica Blair grew up in Middlesbrough, trained as a teacher and now lives in Ampleforth. She became a full-time writer in 1977 and has written more than 50 books under various pseudonyms.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 520 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750520272
• ISBN-13: 978-0750520270
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,029,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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