Winchelsea /
by Preston, Alex.
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BookPublisher: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2023Description: 333 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781838854874 (pbk.) :; 1838854878 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Historical | Historical | Sussex | 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 | Historical fiction | Sussex (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction | Historical fictionSummary: The year is 1742. Goody Brown, saved from drowning and adopted when just a babe, has grown up happily in the smuggling town of Winchelsea. Then, when Goody turns sixteen, her father is murdered in the night by men he thought were friends. To find justice in a lawless land, Goody must enter the cut-throat world of her father's killers. With her beloved brother Francis, she joins a rival gang of smugglers. Facing high seas and desperate villains, she also discovers something else: an existence without constraints or expectations, a taste for danger that makes her blood run fast. Goody was never born to be a gentlewoman. But what will she become instead? The novel contains bonus material, including a reading group guide.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Crosby Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 003112037X | ||||
| Book - Adult Paperback | Maghull Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 003111508X |
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Originally published: 2022.
The year is 1742. Goody Brown, saved from drowning and adopted when just a babe, has grown up happily in the smuggling town of Winchelsea. Then, when Goody turns sixteen, her father is murdered in the night by men he thought were friends. To find justice in a lawless land, Goody must enter the cut-throat world of her father's killers. With her beloved brother Francis, she joins a rival gang of smugglers. Facing high seas and desperate villains, she also discovers something else: an existence without constraints or expectations, a taste for danger that makes her blood run fast. Goody was never born to be a gentlewoman. But what will she become instead? The novel contains bonus material, including a reading group guide.
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