The Horseman
€13.25
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781408876848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Pears |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.226 |
| Publishing Date | 13/07/2017 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €12.50 |
| Tax | €0.75 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €13.25 |
| Availability | 4 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
From the prize-winning author of In the Place of Fallen Leaves comes a beautiful, hypnotic pastoral novel reminiscent of Thomas Hardy, about an unexpected friendship between two children, set in Devon in 1911
1911. In a forgotten valley on the Devon–Somerset border, the seasons unfold, marked only by the rituals of the farming calendar. Twelve-year-old Leopold Sercombe skips school to help his father, a carter. Skinny and pale, Leo dreams of a job on the estate’s stud farm. He is breaking a colt for his father when a boy dressed in a Homburg, breeches and riding boots appears. Peering under the stranger’s hat, he discovers Miss Charlotte, the Master’s daughter. And so begins a friendship between the children, bound by a deep love of horses, but divided by rigid social boundaries – boundaries that become increasingly difficult to navigate as they approach adolescence.