Bird
304 pages
|Published: 26 Jun 2013
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ISBN: 9781499515442
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
‘There's a ghost in the attic, some say, though I swear I heard a child laugh.’Set in nineteenth century England, Emily Sanderson is a middle class white girl born into wealth and respectability. Her future security is assured until she falls passionately in love with a sophisticated black man, Josiah Equiano.When the irrevocably violent prejudice of her family is revealed, and a husband of their choice is about to be forced upon her, Emily must make a decision between freedom and her duty bound to obligation.However, tragedy ensues and Emily is hidden away in the family mansion, along with a powerful secret, in this historical novel with a supernatural twist.*Please note that the language/spelling of this novel is English (UK)*