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After the cataclysmic turmoil of the Civil War, Jonathan Dymond, a young cider-maker who has lived peacefully with his parents in the village of Spadboro, finds his orderly world disrupted when a letter arrives from his uncle. The urgent request to speak with Jonathan’s father forces him to confront long‑suppressed family secrets and questions of inheritance, as the war‑scarred community struggles to rebuild and yet remains deeply divided.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Historical Fiction/Medieval Historical Fiction
Authors: Maria McCann
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