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1791: A love story with a touch of magic and folklore
The Sea Child
What you need to know before your trail
It was a grey and misty morning when she appeared on the Cornish shore. A girl of only four years old, soaking wet, unable to speak. With no one to claim her, rumours started to swirl and the villagers began to believe she was brought from the sea, the daughter of mystical sea creatures.
Now, newly widowed, she returns to the village to start a new life and as she settles into life in Cornwall, she feels the sea calling to her to come back home.
Then one night, she discovers Jack Carlyon, an injured smuggler, in her home and allows him to stay to recover. They cannot be together – she is a child of the sea and he is a man of the land – but so begins a love story that will push them both to the edge of their hearts…
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Cornwall
A region in England very well known for its seafaring and smuggling history. The coves, cliffs and rural hamlets of Cornwall are well evoked. Some are fictional and vague but the entire flavour of the novel is one of Cornish charm, shipwrecks and the story of water as life, death and everything in between.
Falmouth
Interestingly, the town of Falmouth is known for its deep natural harbour on the Fal Estuary, and beaches like Swanpool and Gyllyngvase. The National Maritime Museum Cornwall has interactive galleries and a flotilla of model boats so you can imagine the ones in the novel. Play act being a smuggler or a pirate if you are so inclined…
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Sea Child
Destination/location: Cornwall, Falmouth Author/guide: Linda Wilgus Departure Time: 1791
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