The Spoiled Earth
Book One
Published on 25. April 2013
416 pages
978-1-4447-4470-5 (ISBN)
Description
This captivating first novel by the author who has been called Scotland's answer to Catherine Cookson tells a story of love and ambition set in Lanarkshire in the 19th century.
The Lanarkshire colliery village of Blacklaw is a harsh and unforgiving place, but it is home to the ambitious, hard-working Stalker family. Until one morning in March 1875, when a mining disaster takes a hundred lives and changes their life forever...
The underground explosion kills their menfolk, but not their ambitions, their pride or their love for one another. Drew Stalker is the young man on whom their hopes rest. But it is on his sisters Kate and Mirren that the burden of saving their family will fall.
A bestseller since it was first published, the compelling story of the Stalker family continues in The Hiring Fair and concludes in The Dark Pasture.
The Lanarkshire colliery village of Blacklaw is a harsh and unforgiving place, but it is home to the ambitious, hard-working Stalker family. Until one morning in March 1875, when a mining disaster takes a hundred lives and changes their life forever...
The underground explosion kills their menfolk, but not their ambitions, their pride or their love for one another. Drew Stalker is the young man on whom their hopes rest. But it is on his sisters Kate and Mirren that the burden of saving their family will fall.
A bestseller since it was first published, the compelling story of the Stalker family continues in The Hiring Fair and concludes in The Dark Pasture.
Reviews / Votes
I am very impressed...Jessica Stirling has a brilliant future before her * Catherine Cookson * Gripping * Glasgow Herald * Miss Stirling bids fair to become the Zola of Lanarkshire * Scotsman * Jessica Stirling's high reputation is well deserved * Manchester Evening News * She writes in bright colours with bold, confident strokes. * Glasgow Herald *More details
Series
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton General Division (Digital)
Edition type
Digital original
File size
0,50 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4447-4470-5 (9781444744705)
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02/1998
Hodder Paperback
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Person
Born in Glasgow, Jessica Stirling is the author of many heartwarming novels, most of which have Scottish backgrounds. She has enjoyed a highly successful career since THE SPOILED EARTH was published in 1974.
Find out more at www.jessicastirling.com
Find out more at www.jessicastirling.com
