The horseman
Pears, Tim, 1956-2017
Large Print
Total copies: 1
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, with eyes the colour of blackberries, Leo dreams of a job on the master's stud farm. As ploughs furrow the hard January fields, the master's daughter, young Miss Charlotte, shocks the estate's tenants by wielding a gun at the annual shoot. One day Leo is breaking a colt for his father when a boy in breeches and riding boots appears - and peering under the stranger's hat, Leo discovers Charlotte. So a friendship begins, bound by a deep love of horses, but divided by rigid social boundaries - boundaries that become increasingly difficult to navigate as the couple approach adolescence.
Main title:
The horseman / Tim Pears.
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Edition:
Large print edition.
Imprint:
Leicester : Thorpe, Charnwood, 2017.
Collation:
292 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
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Audience:
Adult.
ISBN:
97814448335841444833588
Language:
English
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BRN:
306822