The toll of the sea
By: Theresa Murphy
Edition: [US & CA territories only version].
Publisher: Robert Hale
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780719811128; 9781306071475; 9780719807930
Subjects: History; General; Shipwreck survival; Historical; Fiction; Storms; FICTION
Description: A terrific storm on a night in the mid-1850s brings tragedy to Adamslee, an impoverished village on the south west coast of England. The Paloma, a ship bringing the 38th Regiment of Foot back home from the Crimea, runs aground with the loss of 412 lives of soldiers, their wives and children. There is one survivor, the mysterious and handsome Joby Lancer. And in the ensuing months Lancer's life becomes entangled with the lives of some local villagers, including a village girl, a farmer's wife, the leader of the local smugglers, and highwayman Buckingham Joe. An insightful story of the powerful alliances formed in difficult circumstances this tale is one of loving and losing, mayhem, murder and hangings.