Three men, all emigrants of Scotland, find new lives in far-distant countries: James Cameron, hounded by debt and scandal, heads for the vast wilderness of Upper Canada where he amasses a fortune that
A historical saga about the after-effects of a storm, and how one woman's arrival affects a communityWhen the fiercest storm in living memory pounds the shores of 19th-century Cornwall, wrecking ships
Sixteen, pregnant, and brave beyond her years, Cassie refuses to remain patiently at home, praying for the return of her soldier lover from war. Instead she leaves the small Cornish fishing village of
It?was 1846; the ship was bound for Australia.?Aboard were Josh Retallick and Miriam Thackeray, prisoners destined for the convict settlements . . . until the random hand of fate wrecked their vessel
After taking a serious beating while engaged in unofficial undercover work in the murky streets and taverns of London's 19th century slums, Constable Tom Churchyard takes himself to Cornwall. Here, in
When artist Fergus Vincent forsakes the slums of Lewin's Mead in Bristol, he leaves behind him Becky, the street urchin whom he loved and married. As he sets sail on a warship bound for mutiny-torn In
