An extraordinary feat of storytelling, the three novels that make up the West Country Trilogy will take readers on a journey from the agricultural world at the turn of the century, through to the devastation and upheaval of the First World War – an event that will transform not only the lives of Lottie and Leo, but also the fate of a nation.
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1912. Leo is on a journey. Aged thirteen and banished from the secluded farm of his childhood, he travels through Devon, grazing on berries and sleeping in copses. Behind him lies the past, and before him the West Country, spread out like a tapestry. But a wanderer is never alone for long – and soon Leo is taken in by gypsies, with their waggons, horses and vivid attire. Yet he knows he cannot linger, and forges on to Penzance.
Lottie is at home. Life on her father’s estate continues as usual, yet nothing is as it was. For her father is distracted by the promise of new love and Lottie is increasingly absorbed in the natural world: the profusion of wild flowers in the meadow, the habits of predators, and the mysteries of anatomy. And of course, Leo is absent. How will the two young people ever find one another again?
Timeless, searching, charged with raw energy and gentle humour, The Wanderers is a delicately wrought tale of longing, loneliness and love.
The Wanderers features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Family Drama, General Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
The Wanderers is available in Hardback, Paperback
The Wanderers was written by Tim Pears and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
The Wanderers has 367 pages
Yes it is part of The West Country Trilogy series
£8.99
