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YORKSHIRE GRIT - A Trilogy of Tales
Three dramatic, yet heart-warming historical novels are combined in this Box Set.
Badly treated and battling the inequalities that females suffered in the 19th century, three young women display pluck, determination and courage as they struggle to overcome adversity. Though their stories are completely different, they have one quality in common – they all possess true Yorkshire Grit.
SEA DUST is set in the Yorkshire harbour-town of Whitby where the death of her new-born infant and the cruel nature of her husband makes Emma determined to escape his clutches. With the help of a French sailor she plans to stowaway on a ship bound for Australia. But things never go quite as planned.
THROUGH GLASS EYES is Lucy Oldfield's story beginning on the day she succumbs to temptation and steals a rare and expensive French doll from her dying mistress. The tumultuous ups and downs of the next 20 years of her life are often reflected in the eyes of the doll.
THE BLACK THREAD is set on Yorkshire’s Leeds/Liverpool canal in the dark days before the turn of the century. It is a dramatic tale. In an attempt to escape the man who haunts her, Amy Dodd has nowhere to run to but along the canal's bank. Along the way she discovers the awful truth about the man who is pursuing her.
Badly treated and battling the inequalities that females suffered in the 19th century, three young women display pluck, determination and courage as they struggle to overcome adversity. Though their stories are completely different, they have one quality in common – they all possess true Yorkshire Grit.
SEA DUST is set in the Yorkshire harbour-town of Whitby where the death of her new-born infant and the cruel nature of her husband makes Emma determined to escape his clutches. With the help of a French sailor she plans to stowaway on a ship bound for Australia. But things never go quite as planned.
THROUGH GLASS EYES is Lucy Oldfield's story beginning on the day she succumbs to temptation and steals a rare and expensive French doll from her dying mistress. The tumultuous ups and downs of the next 20 years of her life are often reflected in the eyes of the doll.
THE BLACK THREAD is set on Yorkshire’s Leeds/Liverpool canal in the dark days before the turn of the century. It is a dramatic tale. In an attempt to escape the man who haunts her, Amy Dodd has nowhere to run to but along the canal's bank. Along the way she discovers the awful truth about the man who is pursuing her.
- GenresHistorical Romance
670 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 12, 2013
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September 10, 2016
This was an unusual trilogy. All the stories were completely separate and different. Very enjoyable each one had a different message. They involved three young women in different times of their lives when tragedy and drama entered their lives but with the power of love strength and courage they managed to face adversity and overcome it.
SEA DUST is about Emma, she has just lost her baby but her husband is a cruel brutal person who has no compassion, he physically abuses her and her son. After a particularly nasty beating she runs away from the house and collapses. A French sailor comes into her life and he attempts to get her and her son on board his ship to escape from her cruel husband. There are many twists and turns and some very interesting characters who you either love or hate. So enjoyable.
THROUGH GLASS EYES Lucy Oldfield did a terrible thing which has haunted her for 20 years. When she was looking after her previous employer's daughter the little girl became ill and to cheer her up her father bought her a beautiful French doll. Unfortunately the little girl died of her sickness. . Her father is bereft Lucy leaves and takes the rare and valuable doll with her without telling the father. Lucy begins a new life but it's not an easy one and the doll's eyes are always on her. Interesting read certainly different.
THE BLACK THREAD Amy and her mother were happy in their life and then the man of the house returned. This is a dramatic story with interesting and lovable characters. A question that Amy has asked her mother for years is finally answered but tragedy follows. She now tries to escape and in her attempt to do so meets some wonderful people on the canals in the Yorkshire/Leeds area, can she ever feel safe again. Very enjoyable.
SEA DUST is about Emma, she has just lost her baby but her husband is a cruel brutal person who has no compassion, he physically abuses her and her son. After a particularly nasty beating she runs away from the house and collapses. A French sailor comes into her life and he attempts to get her and her son on board his ship to escape from her cruel husband. There are many twists and turns and some very interesting characters who you either love or hate. So enjoyable.
THROUGH GLASS EYES Lucy Oldfield did a terrible thing which has haunted her for 20 years. When she was looking after her previous employer's daughter the little girl became ill and to cheer her up her father bought her a beautiful French doll. Unfortunately the little girl died of her sickness. . Her father is bereft Lucy leaves and takes the rare and valuable doll with her without telling the father. Lucy begins a new life but it's not an easy one and the doll's eyes are always on her. Interesting read certainly different.
THE BLACK THREAD Amy and her mother were happy in their life and then the man of the house returned. This is a dramatic story with interesting and lovable characters. A question that Amy has asked her mother for years is finally answered but tragedy follows. She now tries to escape and in her attempt to do so meets some wonderful people on the canals in the Yorkshire/Leeds area, can she ever feel safe again. Very enjoyable.
November 16, 2019
Though heartbreaking at times, I enjoyed every moment of Margaret Muir's Yorkshire Grit trilogy. Her descriptions were compelling, often assaulting the senses, which made the stories burst into life. It's hard to say which was my favourite, each one having twists and turns, not always going where I expected them too, as well as characters in which to love and hate. I loved Sea Dust and though I also loved Through Glass Eyes, I felt Sea Dust still in first place, until I read The Black Thread, now they will all take pride of place on my bookshelf until I travel with Emma, Lucy and Amy once again. I look forward to reading more from Margaret Muir.
August 19, 2019
Yorkshire Grit
Three books all very different, but all ended when there was so much more to tell, ideally require follow on books so we can learn more about the lives of the women within the pages after it ended within the pages on the three books of this series Yorkshire Grit.
Three books all very different, but all ended when there was so much more to tell, ideally require follow on books so we can learn more about the lives of the women within the pages after it ended within the pages on the three books of this series Yorkshire Grit.
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