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17%OFFJessica Stirling - The Hiring Fair - 9780340707449 - V9780340707449
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The Hiring Fair

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Description for The Hiring Fair Paperback. The second novel in the Stalker Trilogy which began with The Spoiled Earth and continues with The Dark Pasture, set in the Lanarkshire mining village of Blacklaw in the bleak 1870s. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FRH; FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 26. Weight in Grams: 222.

In Edinburgh, Drew Stalker studies law, determined never to return to the grinding poverty of his childhood. Mirrin, the most restless and vital of them all, takes to the road and begins her journey, from tinker's camp to hiring fair, to a glittering future on the music-hall stage. And the Stalkers who remain in Blacklaw join a violent and bloody riot when the mine-owner Houston Lamont pushes them, at last, too far.
The Stalker Trilogy:
'Family ties, family strengths and weaknesses, ambition, greed loyalty and love . . . the story is compelling.' Daily Telegraph
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Product Details

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Stalker Family Saga
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340707449
SKU
V9780340707449
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1

About Jessica Stirling
Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of many heartwarming novels, most of which have Scottish backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career since The Spoiled Earth was published in 1974.

Reviews for The Hiring Fair
Jessica Stirling weaves a vigorous, unsentimental picture of late Victorian life
Scotsman
Magnificent...a moving novel
Scottish Country Press
A vivid picture of hard times, particularly impressive on socail history of the era
Sunday Times

Goodreads reviews for The Hiring Fair


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