World From Rough Stones
On sale
25th July 2013
Price: £6.99
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ebook / ISBN-13: 9781444752212
England in 1839. A time of change, upheaval and limitless possibility. Every new mile of railroad track and every belching smokestack is a sign of the advancing age of opportunity, where fortune awaits those with the courage and determination to seize it.
“”Lord John”” Stevenson is the clever, ruthless and hugely popular foreman working on a project to build the world’s longest railway tunnel. A near-fatal accident brings the waifish buyet savvy Nora Telling into his life. Together with an ill-married couple, Walter and Arabella Thornton, they risk everything in their quest to achieve the wealth and power they so desperately desire. Their relentless ambition sets them on a path that will lead to fame, fortune and the founding of a dynasty.
For more information and a full bibliography visit http://www.malcolmmacdonald.org.
“”Lord John”” Stevenson is the clever, ruthless and hugely popular foreman working on a project to build the world’s longest railway tunnel. A near-fatal accident brings the waifish buyet savvy Nora Telling into his life. Together with an ill-married couple, Walter and Arabella Thornton, they risk everything in their quest to achieve the wealth and power they so desperately desire. Their relentless ambition sets them on a path that will lead to fame, fortune and the founding of a dynasty.
For more information and a full bibliography visit http://www.malcolmmacdonald.org.
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Reviews
An immense spectrum of life as the early Victorians lived it...a marvellously told story alive with believable people.
Scenes of which Hardy would have been proud
Rich and exciting
Engrossing - a book to revel in.
A powerful new novel...a successful attempt to blend fiction with authenticity. The story is rich with colourful characters, brawling, boozing and bedding...leaves the reader waiting impatiently for the next novel in what must be a memorable series.
Zestful research and Macdonald's mastery of the dialects and speech of all classes bring his novel noisily to life from the first to the last page.
He is every bit as bad as Dickens.