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The Mazzard Tree: A heartwarming saga of hardship and romance set in a rural Devon village.
Paperback
Series: Hartford Manor, Book 1
RomanceGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9781838325909
Publisher: Sunhillow Publishing
Published: Feb 14 2021
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
1880 North Devon, England
Annie Carter is a farm labourer's daughter, and life is a continual struggle for survival. When her father dies of consumption, her mother, Sabina, is left with seven hungry mouths to feed and another child on the way. To save them from the workhouse or starvation, Annie steals vegetables from the Manor House garden, risking jail or transportation. Unknown to her, she is watched by Robert, the wealthy heir to the Hartford Estate, but far from turning her in, he befriends her.
Despite their different social backgrounds, Annie and Robert develop feelings they know can have no future. Harry Rudd, the village blacksmith, has long admired Annie, and when he proposes, her mother urges her to accept. She reminds Annie that as a kitchen maid, she will never be allowed to marry Robert. Harry is a good man, and Annie is fond of him. Her head knows what she should do, but will her heart listen?
Set against the harsh background of the rough, class-divided society of Victorian England, this heart-warming and captivating novel portrays a young woman who uses her determination and willpower to defy the circumstances of her birth in her search for happiness.
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