The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus follows poor widow Isabel newly arrived back in her home village of Helford in Cornwall three years after the death of her husband at the Battle of Trafalgar. Isabel is no stranger to the sea--her late husband was a midshipman, her adopted father was an admiral, and most intriguingly,… Continue reading Review: The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus
Based on the historical figure Mary Bryant, Fled by Meg Keneally follows the extraordinary journey of late 18th century Jenny from Cornwall to The Sydney Cove Penal Colony and all the raging seas and lives that could have been in between. When Jenny's fisherman/smuggler father dies, Jenny must find work to help support her mother… Continue reading Review: Fled by Meg Keneally
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