When Millie's mother abandons her one late afternoon in 1854, fate brings the seven-year-old to Aggie's door
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Young Millie Forrester bursts into Aggie Winkowski's life like a bolt from the blue on a hot summer's afternoon in 1854. Finding the pretty child abandoned by her mother in the rough quarter of town, Aggie is all too aware of the dangers she would face if left alone. Surprisingly, from these unpromising beginnings, a relationship is established which gives new meaning to Aggie Winkowski's life & is to mould Millie's destiny. ...

In this critically-acclaimed fictional memoir of Sir Walter Scott, Allan Massie recreates the life & times of one of Scotland's

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Books Historical Fiction Books When 12 year-old Jared Johnson’s little sister dies, just hours after his mother breathes her last after wasting away so her children could eat, he knows he is on own. Desperate to avoid the workhouse, he does everything he can to survive the inhospitable streets of Birmingham. Jared is blessed with the gift of the gab & soon attracts the attention of the King of the Tatters, Toby Mc Guire. Recognising a kindred spirit, Toby soon has Jared out on a cart hustling for rags. Jared loves driving his horse Bess, shouting ‘any old rags’ as loud as he can, & it’s not long before he’s thriving. But being successful can bring you enemies as well as friends. Toby knows that Jared is destined for bigger things – provided his big mouth doesn’t get him hurt first… Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781835339459 •†Author:   Lindsey Hutchinson  •†Publisher:   Boldwood Books •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 294 •†Dimensions:† 12.9 x 1.65 x 19.8 cm ...

When their father mysteriously imprisoned, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis & their mother have to leave their happy life in London to live in a small cottage in the country.

There they take comfort in the nearby railway station, & discover that the gentlemen who takes the same train every day might be the key to proving their fathers innocence.

The Railway Children has remained an enormously popular story about the joy & excitement of being young.

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• ISBN: 9781788282574
• Author: Edith Nesbit
• Publisher: Arcturus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 222
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1.5cm











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When Father goes away with two strangers one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter & Phyllis are shattered.

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. ..when the Green Dragon tore shrieking out of the mouth of its dark lair, which was the tunnel, all three children stood on the railing & waved their pocket-handkerchiefs without stopping to think whether they were clean handkerchiefs or the reverse. ...

There is an unfathomable fascination with the romance connected to the construction of great railways.

Yet little is known

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London 1851. With the opening of the Great Exhibition at h&, interest is mounting in the engineering triumphs of the railways, but not everyone feels like celebrating…

In an audacious attack, the London to Birmingham mail train is robbed & derailed, causing many casualties. Planned with military precision, this crime proves a challenge to Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck who fights to untangle a web of murder, blackmail & destruction.

As Colbeck closes in on the criminal masterminds events take an unexpected turn when the beautiful Madeleine, daughter of the injured train driver, becomes a pawn in the criminals’’ game. With time running out, good & evil, new & old, battle against each other. But will the long arm of the law have speed on its side?

Full of historical detail, The Railway detective is an action-packed dip into murky 1850s London.







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With the Great Exhibition in the offing, interest is mounting in the icon of modern technological achievement: the railways. But this triumph of Victorian engineering has a darker side too, as these sinews of empire offer new opportunities for hidden crime & quick escape, vast destruction & dark double-dealings. Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck is the Railway Detective. When a train is robbed or a passenger killed, Colbeck & his trusty sergeant Victor Leeming must take to the rails & use their expert knowledge of crime & railways to untangle webs of murder, blackmail & destruction. ...