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1860s: The second book in the Cornish book series
The Captain’s Daughter
What you need to know before your trail
After a family tragedy, Janey Carhart was forced from her comfortable life as a captain’s daughter into domestic service. Determined to make something of herself, Janey eventually finds work as a lady’s maid at the imposing Bosvenna Manor on the edge of Bodmin Moor, but is soon caught between the two worlds of upstairs and downstairs, and accepted by neither, as she cares for her mistress.
Desperately lonely, Janey catches the attention of two men – James Brockenshaw and Daniel Kellow. James is heir to the Bosvenna estate, a man whose eloquent letters to his mother warm Janey’s heart. Daniel Kellow is a neighbouring farmer with a dark past and a brooding nature, yet with a magnetism that disturbs Janey. Two men. Who should she choose? Or will fate decide.
Travel Guide
Cornwall
Cornwall
The places in this book might be fictional, but there is a keen sense of time and place of Cornwall in the 1800s
Be sure to visit the smugglers museum in Polperro and the famous smuggler’s den of literary fame – Jamaica Inn
This is the Cornwall of poachers and robbers. Jenna comes from a family of them but is determined to take a different path. Landing inside a debtor’s jail is the way for many sadly, and Jenna will do everything to avoid it.
“ In a Gentleman’s family, near the village of Trehale, wanted one lady’s mind. She must be neat in appearance, literate, honest, trustworthy and proficient in needlework and the dressing of hair.”
This is a Cornwall under the shadows of one of the darkest periods of Cornish and English history where the American war has been lost and people are having to find whichever ways they can to survive.
Bodmin Moor where the famous Jamaica inn stands:
The gorse bushes were in full bloom, their bright yellow flowers a stark contrast to the brown crunchy grass that swathed the undulations and stony tors of the moor. She had never seen anything so beautiful and wild. It seemed to beckon her with open arms, inviting her to explore its natural beauty and meander around the ruins of the Bronze Age Settlements.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Captain’s Daughter
Destination : Cornwall Author/Guide: Victoria Cornwall Departure Time: 1860s
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