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"A lot more historical than romance - you will not be disappointed." - THE TIMES 1854: The Crimean War is in full swing. Gideon, a navvy, is there, helping to organise a contract for a stretch of railway line to transport guns and food to the soldiers. Back home in Cornwall, Alice is waiting for him. But her employer, a vicar, has recently died and his replacement doesn't want her. An orphan and ostracised by the rest of the village, she's got nowhere to go. Leaving messages for Gideon's letters to be forwarded on to her, she is taken in by the Sisters of Mercy and looks after cholera-ridden children in Plymouth. With a shortage of nurses in the Crimea, Alice finds herself given a chance to see if Gideon loves her as much as she loves him - when they can catch up with each other...
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E. V. Thompson spent nine years in the Navy before joining the Bristol police. He moved to Hong Kong, then Rhodesia and had more than 200 stories published before returning to England to become a full-time award-winning writer.
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- PublisherCharnwood
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1843951142
- ISBN 13 9781843951148
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages448
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