Sound of Coaches

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Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

One stormy December night some time in the eighteenth century, a coach came thundering down the long hill outside of Dorking on its usual journey into London. But something unusual was to happen that night as one of the passengers unexpectedly gave birth to a child.Not until he was eight did Sam Chichester discover that the coachman and guard he called 'Ma and 'Pa' were not his real parents. Sam will need to grow up, leave home, and find love before he will finally uncover the truth about his parentage.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-12-31
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781448173952
Förlag:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Utforska kategorier

Klassiker inom Barn och ungdom
Klassiska barnböcker inom Barn och ungdom
Spänning och Äventyr inom Barn och ungdom

Mer om författaren

Leon Garfield was born in Brighton in 1921. He was the acclaimed author of more than thirty novels for children and adults including Devil in the Fog, winner of the inaugural Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize in 1967, The God Beneath the Sea, winner of the 1970 Carnegie Medal, and John Diamond, winner of the 1980 Whitbread literary award. He was also elected a member of the Royal Society of Literature. He died in 1996.

Recensioner i media

"A book to savor and decipher, rich in atmosphere and character and style that strikes sparks from the cobbles" New Statesman "Filled with voluble wit" -- Washington Post