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  • A Time for Reaping
    Joy Stonehouse
    Inspired by real people and events.The Jordan farming family in Reighton face a day of reckoning as the head of the family becomes frail. Old Francis Jordan is stubborn and refuses to discuss his will. His eldest son, William, expects to inherit but will get a shock William’s son sets his heart on Ann Smith, a cousin above his station. When he defies all warnings, there are unf...
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    18,11 €

  • Bonfires and Brandy
    Joy Stonehouse
    This is an unflinching portrayal of life in a coastal Yorkshire village three hundred years ago with its folk lore, old farming methods, superstitions and traditional remedies.Mary Jordan shares her damp, chalkstone cottage in Filey Bay with five growing boys and an unsympathetic husband. William Jordan is a farmer and customs officer. In league with the local smugglers, all is...
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    19,14 €

  • Whisper to the Bees
    Joy Stonehouse
    Whisper to the Bees is the third in a series of historical novels set in Reighton, East Yorkshire in the early 18th century. Inspired by the parish records and local archives, it charts the continuing story of the Jordans from 1714 to 1720 in two parts. The first reflects the farming year and rituals through a child’s eyes; the second shows how grief can change a person’s life....
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    19,58 €

  • New Arrivals in Reighton
    Joy Stonehouse
    ’She ’as trouble written right across ’er fore’ead.’That’s the verdict from Dorothy Jordan, mistress of Uphall, on the new farmhand. The girl and her brother, a handsome young ploughman, will have profound and unexpected consequences on the Jordan family in Reighton. Jealousy becomes a destructive power as courtships and rivalries are played out during the ploughing match, the ...
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    12,52 €

  • Witch-bottles and Windlestraws
    Joy Stonehouse
    It’s November 1703 and The Great Storm is set to hit Filey Bay on the Yorkshire coast.The people of Reighton have a wedding to celebrate, and sit in church unaware of the impending storm that will affect their lives.Inspired by parish records, Witch-bottles and Windlestraws is the story of the Jordan family and their farming community. Courtships, betrayal, unrequited love and ...
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    12,66 €