In the Pas de Calais, Nathalie Mercier, a young British Special Operations Executive secret agent working with the French
... The Thames carried him away from her, but would it bring him home...?
Twelve-year-old Eliza Bragg has known little
The Thames carried him away from her, but would it bring him home...? Twelve-year-old Eliza Bragg has known little in life but the cold, comfortless banks of the Thames. Living above her uncle's chandlery she has grown accustomed to a life of penury & servitude, her only comfort the love & protection of her older brother, Bart. But one day Bart accidentally kills a man & is forced to flee to New Zeal&. Alone, barefoot, beaten down & at the mercy of her cruel uncle, Eliza realises that her very survival is at stake...