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Cymberie
CYMBERIE - a great house of loss and love.
Penniless and far from home with a small son in sixteenth century Essex, Elaine has no choice but to nurse the man who condemned her innocent husband to death. Energetic and resilient, she learns to read and becomes Sir Richard’s clerk. She is courted by the candlemaker in the village – and then Sir Richard’s handsome explorer son returns. But she’s an independent woman now.
YMBERIE is a strong story with intriguing characters, the story of a young woman’s struggle against the odds to provide for her child and herself, and at the same time to find fulfilment both in the work that she does and in her personal relationships.
Penniless and far from home with a small son in sixteenth century Essex, Elaine has no choice but to nurse the man who condemned her innocent husband to death. Energetic and resilient, she learns to read and becomes Sir Richard’s clerk. She is courted by the candlemaker in the village – and then Sir Richard’s handsome explorer son returns. But she’s an independent woman now.
YMBERIE is a strong story with intriguing characters, the story of a young woman’s struggle against the odds to provide for her child and herself, and at the same time to find fulfilment both in the work that she does and in her personal relationships.
316 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 9, 2012
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