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OverviewJessie Burton is lively and intelligent - she wants more than the respectable life in service her mother has planned for her. Times are changing, railways are being built across the land bringing new freedom and possibilities. Jessie tastes that freedom when she meets an ambitious young navvy, newly arrived in Yorkshire. The attraction between them is overwhelming. And Jared Wilde is determined to make Jessie his wife. The primitive, colourful shanty towns that spring up around the railway works are nothing like the safe world Jessie once knew. But in spite of the hardness of life there, she finds happiness with Jared. Until another navvy becomes determined to destroy their future together... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anna JacobsPublisher: Hodder & Stoughton Imprint: Hodder Paperback Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 11.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 17.80cm Weight: 0.260kg ISBN: 9780340692998ISBN 10: 0340692995 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 04 June 1998 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews'After an action-packed start, this story develops into a well told, captivating story' -- Dorset Evening Echo on JESSIE Author InformationAuthor Website: http://www.annajacobs.comAnna Jacobs grew up in Lancashire and emigrated to Australia in 1973, but loves to return to England regularly to visit her family and soak up the history. She has two grown-up daughters and now lives with her husband in a spacious waterfront home. Often as she writes, dolphins frolic outside the window of her study. Inside, the house is crammed with thousands of books. Tab Content 6Author Website: http://www.annajacobs.comCountries AvailableAll regions |