A stranger In Burracombe
By: by Lilian Harry
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Burracombe novels; Burracombe novel -- 02
Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
ISBN-13: 9780750526586
Subjects: Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Villages; Fiction
Description: Like the rest of the nation, the Burracombe villagers are shocked when King George the Sixth dies suddenly in February 1952. But in the midst of their grief, the arrival of a stranger in the village on the very same day goes almost unnoticed. As they move into a new Elizabethan era, the villagers have their own concerns. Farmer's daughter Val Tozer needs to find a home before she can marry her sweetheart; Hilary Napier is struggling to come to terms with her new responsibilities, and Stella Simmons is still getting to know the sister she thought she had lost. Old enemies Jacob Prout and Jed Fisher carry on their lifelong feud; Joyce Warren and Constance Bellamy clash yet again and sadness touches at least one of the cottages, while at the village school the children are as lively, as inquisitive and as comical as ever.
Notes: Originally published: London: Orion, 2006.