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Pride of Lancashire

Author: Anna Jacobs

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Published: 2010-07-22

Total Pages: 427

ISBN-13: 1848948824

Carrie Preston is used to hard work - oldest of ten, with an incompetent mother and a drunken father, she struggles daily to find food for her siblings. But nothing could have prepared her for the day fate deals her family the cruelest of hands, rendering them more desperate than ever. So when Eli Beckett offers Carrie a job at the Dragon pub, she grabs the opportunity with both hands. Things finally seem to be looking up for the Preston family, especially when they find out that Eli's nephew is planning on building a brand new music room in the town. With the great cities of England alive to the sound of music halls, the locals of Hedderby are soon looking forward to their own place of celebration and merriment. Yet not everyone shares this excitement, and some will stop at nothing in the pursuit of selfish gain . . . ****************** What readers are saying about PRIDE OF LANCASHIRE 'A brilliant book' - 5 stars 'Another fab book - thank you Anna Jacobs!' - 5 stars 'Really exciting, could not put it down. You feel the people are so real and you are there with them' - 5 stars 'Brilliant, I just love her books' - 5 stars 'Excellent, as always' - 5 stars

Pride of Lancashire

Author: Anna Jacobs

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 9781846172335

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Carrie, the oldest child of ten, is devastated when her father dies and her family is kicked out of their terraced house in Hedderby. But she finds work as a cleaner in a local pub, while her idle mother falls straight into the arms of the town's stingiest landlord.

Lancashire Pride

Author: Dalesman Publishing Company Limited

Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780852066348

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Farewell to Lancashire

Author: Anna Jacobs

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2010-07-22

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 144471158X

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Anna Jacobs has done it again, the book was riveting' - 5-star reader review 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. They have an impossible 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, will she be able to pay the painful price? What readers are saying about FAREWELL TO LANCASHIRE 'A wonderful read' - 5 stars 'I love all of Anna Jacobs' books, once I start reading them I can't put them down' - 5 stars 'Great story, couldn't put it down' - 5 stars 'Once you pick up this wonderfull book you will loose yourself in it's amazing characters. BRILLIANT!' - 5 stars 'Just great, could not stop reading' - 5 stars

Pride and Passion in Bury

Author: Eamon Kavanagh

Publisher: DB

Published: 2012-07-01

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 9781780911625

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Beginning with life as one of a family of ten, living on a large council estate, the friendships formed, and the many comical events that occurred that still tickle him. Being approached by Manchester City FC, as a fifteen year old school boy. Eventually

Lancashire Legacy

Author: Anna Jacobs

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Published: 2002-02-21

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1444713329

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'I felt as if this book was my addiction . . . A truly remarkable author' - 5-star reader review At eighteen, Cathie longs for more than life as a settler in the Australian bush. So when her uncle offers her the chance to send her to England, she grabs the opportunity with both hands and runs away from her family. But little does she know that he is using her to get revenge on his sister, Liza. Attacked at the docks in Liverpool, Cathie takes refuge with the man who saved her, a man who has his own troubles. But as she slowly regains her memory and meets her Lancashire relatives, she must confront the legacy of her mother's past. And even in 1876, the same wealthy families who forced her mother to leave Lancashire are still powerful enough to threaten Cathie's happiness and safety - as well as that of anyone close to her . . . ********************** What readers are saying about LANCASHIRE LEGACY 'Another brilliant read from Anna. Love it' - 5 stars 'Riveting' - 5 stars 'Brilliant story, as always. Didn't want it to end' - 5 stars 'WOW, such a good read' - 5 stars 'I couldn't put this down' - 5 stars

Heart of the Town

Author: Anna Jacobs

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Published: 2010-07-22

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1848948840

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Dora Preston has guts, but it will take more than that for her to break free from Hedderby and make a life for herself on the stage. Then she meets Gideon - and pursuing her ambitions becomes even harder. Gideon has returned from the fighting in India only to discover that an impostor has stolen his inheritance. He has vowed he will claim his birthright but his enemies are ruthless and desperate. Arson attacks, crime and drunkenness have beset the Lancashire mill town, but the forces of good are rallying and are determined to prevail - whatever it takes. ********************* What readers are saying about HEART OF THE TOWN 'A great story' - 5 stars 'Excellent as is the whole series and all of the Anna Jacobs books' - 5 stars 'A fantastic read' - 5 stars 'Brilliant to read - I wish that there was another book in the series' - 5 stars 'Outstanding' - 5 stars

Lancashire Folk-Lore

Author: John Harland

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2021-10-28

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 3752522003

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.