'A fascinating fictional account of one of the great nineteenth century migrations across America.' Gillian Linscott1846The migration west is gathering pace.Charity Collins is part of a wagon train. She is a naive but observant young woman, who finds her resettling deeply disturbing in various ways.For her younger sister, Fanny, there are only opportunities and a sense of freedom. Charity is the eldest daughter of a large family, a naive but observant young woman who finds the adventure deeply unsettling in every way. Her younger sister Fanny has no such difficulties. For her there are only opportunities and a sense of freedom.The Oregon trail is dangerous. The party has to negotiate rivers and stretches of desert, as well as clashes between different families.After five months, the wagon train arrives in the Promised Land of Oregon and Charity finds herself making a sudden decision about her future life that surprises everyone – herself included. Fanny, bold as ever, sticks to her business enterprise, hoping that she can use her talents to make her fortune.A chapter ends in the lives of the migrants - and a new chapter begins.Rebecca Tope is the author of over 30 crime novels, with well in excess of a million copies sold. She was also the 'ghost writer' of the three 'Rosemary & Thyme' novels, based on episodes from the TV series. She is also the author of The Spoils of Sin, the companion novel to Spirit of Destiny, as well as a biography of Sabine Baring-Gould. She lives on the English-Welsh border, and has runs her own small press, Praxis Books.
Genre: Historical
Genre: Historical
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