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Unable to bear the prospect of a life at sea, young Anthony O''Connell deserts his ship at Torquay and escapes into the Devonshire countryside under a new name. When Stella Sprigg, adopted daughter of a local farmer, encounters ''Zachary'', the pair instantly know they are destined to be together.

Intertwined with the local legend of St. Michael''s Chapel, Stella and Zachary''s story takes them from the secluded Devonshire valley to the perilous Mediterranean seas and finally to the poverty and squalor of eighteenth-century London.



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an enchanted tale of young love in the dark days when Buonaparte menaced the English coast. - Kirkus Reviews

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      Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
      Publication Date: 27/07/2017
      ISBN13: 9781473656291, 978-1473656291
      ISBN10: 147365629X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Unable to bear the prospect of a life at sea, young Anthony O''Connell deserts his ship at Torquay and escapes into the Devonshire countryside under a new name. When Stella Sprigg, adopted daughter of a local farmer, encounters ''Zachary'', the pair instantly know they are destined to be together.

      Intertwined with the local legend of St. Michael''s Chapel, Stella and Zachary''s story takes them from the secluded Devonshire valley to the perilous Mediterranean seas and finally to the poverty and squalor of eighteenth-century London.



      Trade Review
      an enchanted tale of young love in the dark days when Buonaparte menaced the English coast. - Kirkus Reviews

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