The Somerset Tsunami

Informationen zum Autor Emma Carroll was a secondary school English teacher for many years. The Somerset Tsunami is Emma's ninth novel for Faber; she has also written the highly-acclaimed Frost Hollow Hall ! The Girl Who Walked on Air ! In Darkling Wood ! The Snow Sister ! Strange Star ! Letters from the Lighthouse ! Secrets of a Sun King and When we were Warriors . She lives in the Somerset hills with her husband and two terriers. Klappentext The story of a struggle to survive in the face of natural calamity, superstition and witch-hunting. The ninth novel from the author hailed by "BookTrust" as 'Queen of Historical Fiction'. A fight for survival against torrential flooding and local superstition from the Queen of Historical Fiction. Zusammenfassung 'My name is Fortune and I am on trial for my life. All I did was save a drowning boy: I pray he'll now speak the truth and save me . . And Fortune - who is secretive, suspiciously good at swimming and, to everyone's surprise, a girl - is an obvious scapegoat. If anything, it makes matters worse . .

Vorwort
A fight for survival against torrential flooding and local superstition from the Queen of Historical Fiction.

Autorentext
Emma Carroll was a secondary school English teacher for many years. The Somerset Tsunami is Emma's ninth novel for Faber; she has also written the highly-acclaimed Frost Hollow Hall, The Girl Who Walked on Air, In Darkling Wood, The Snow Sister, Strange Star, Letters from the Lighthouse, Secrets of a Sun King and When we were Warriors. She lives in the Somerset hills with her husband and two terriers.

Klappentext

The story of a struggle to survive in the face of natural calamity, superstition and witch-hunting. The ninth novel from the author hailed by "BookTrust" as 'Queen of Historical Fiction'.

Zusammenfassung

A sinking boat.
A girl in disguise.
A disappearing sea.

When Fortune Sharpe carves a boat from a tree with her beloved brother, Gem, she's only having a bit of fun. But now is not the time for a girl to be drawing attention to herself. She is sent away to find work dressed as a boy. Luckily a rich manor house is hiring.

Yet Berrow Hall's inhabitants harbour dangerous secrets of their own, the suspicious owner is hunting for witches, and the house itself is a little too close to the sea.