Polperro
Publisher: Athena Press Publishing Co. UK; Athena Press
Published: June 18, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781844019601
Subjects: Historical fiction; Historical - General; Fiction / Historical; Fiction; Fiction - Historical
Description: Mary Rowett starts her life in the small fishing village of Polperro in the late 17th Century.  After the death of her parents, she is cared for by Elsie, a midwife and white witch.  As she grows up, Mary finds herself drawn into a world of smuggling and pagan worship.  When Captain William Beawes is shipwrecked off the Cornish coast and loses his cargo of diamonds, Mary's life is changed forever.
Polperro is Mary's story: one of love, intrigue and defiance.  Thwarted by her grandparents, her brothers, her lascivious cousin and finally turned on by the inhabitants of her beloved Polperro.