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'A compelling read.'
(Sun on FREEDOM'S LAND 20090401)'Impressive grasp of human emotions.' (The Sunday Times )
'Anna Jacobs' books are deservedly popular. She is one of the best writers of Lancashire sagas around.' (Historical Novels Review )
'Jacobs excels at creating vivid, memorable characters.' (Booklist USA )
'Vivid insight into family relationships' (Coventry Evening Telegraph )
'A gripping storyteller.'
(Sunday Star Times, Auckland, NZ )'This is a fascinating insight into a piece of Australia's history that receives little attention.'
(Newcastle Herald , Australia - FREEDOM'S LAND )Product Description
Cassandra Blake has raised her three motherless sisters. The girls are the pride of their book-loving, impractical father, and not in a hurry to marry. Then the American Civil War cuts off supplies of cotton to Lancashire, the mills fall silent and there is no work. There is a stark choice: stay and risk starvation or pack up and begin again elsewhere.
Cassandra has fallen in love with Reece Gregory, but he can't support a wife. When he's given the chance to start a new life in Western Australia, he seizes the opportunity, promising to send for her.
Then an old feud tears the family apart. Cassandra is kidnapped and her sisters are forced to sail with a group of desperate cotton lasses to Fremantle. Penniless and alone, Cassandra is determined to find them again - but when she is offered a way, there is a painful price to pay. (20090724)
Cassandra has fallen in love with Reece Gregory, but he can't support a wife. When he's given the chance to start a new life in Western Australia, he seizes the opportunity, promising to send for her.
Then an old feud tears the family apart. Cassandra is kidnapped and her sisters are forced to sail with a group of desperate cotton lasses to Fremantle. Penniless and alone, Cassandra is determined to find them again - but when she is offered a way, there is a painful price to pay. (20090724)
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Another well written book by Anna Jacobs. I enjoy all her book and didn't want to put this one down until I finished it. Now I am waiting for the sequel to come out to find out what happened next. I can recommend this book especially to Anna Jacob's fans
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I've just finished this one and like the other reviewer, I didn't want to put it down until I'd finished it. The only thing I would say is that it seemed to end pretty quickly, this is probably because there's another one to follow (maybe more, who knows?).
Anna Jacobs has written many 'sets' of books and they're all brilliant so I'm certain the Swan River Colony books are going to be just as good.
Anna Jacobs has written many 'sets' of books and they're all brilliant so I'm certain the Swan River Colony books are going to be just as good.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent!!!! Read this inside 3 days. I am an expatriat Lancastrian living in excile. My Mothers family where from Ashton / Oldham and Moss Side. Not only a good read but lots of interesting background about those tough times.
Read Beyond the Sunset - the sequel in a further 4 days now I have to wait 4 months for Destinys Path.
Read Beyond the Sunset - the sequel in a further 4 days now I have to wait 4 months for Destinys Path.
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Farewell To Lancashire
Once you pick up this wonderfull book you will loose yourself in it's amazing characters. Follow the sisters again in the next two of the Blake sisters saga. Read more
Published 21 hours ago by Scattzy
Good Read
Bought this for my mum and she loves it.A good price and delivered quickly.Will probably buy her more,especially as she says they are a cracking read!
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I bought my wife the Anna Jacobs book "Farewell to Lancashire" in August 2010. She has only just got round to reading it and has found it very enjoyable until she got to page 405... Read more
Published 2 months ago by BillyBoy
Good historical insight
Anna had obviously done her historical research on the Lancashire cotton industry (or lack of it) during the 19th century, but I found the storyline slightly trivialised. Read more
Published 6 months ago by corolla
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