When Anthony Considine creeps into Mellick town with a stolen horse in 1789, it sets the destiny of his family for decades to come. By the 1850s, through thrift and hard work, his son Honest John has made the Considines a leading Mellick family. In turn, his son Anthony builds a fine house in the country for his wife and childrenmost especially for his adored son Dennis. Little does he know that when Dennis grows up he will threaten the toil of generations with his love for a peasant girl. A stirring family saga of divided ...
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When Anthony Considine creeps into Mellick town with a stolen horse in 1789, it sets the destiny of his family for decades to come. By the 1850s, through thrift and hard work, his son Honest John has made the Considines a leading Mellick family. In turn, his son Anthony builds a fine house in the country for his wife and childrenmost especially for his adored son Dennis. Little does he know that when Dennis grows up he will threaten the toil of generations with his love for a peasant girl. A stirring family saga of divided loyalties and individual freedom; of matches made and lost; and of the constraints of religion and family pride."
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Good. 1932. Hardcover. In original cloth covers with gilt title to front and spine. Covers with minor nicks and tears. Previous owner's name to half-title page. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a good copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good jacket. First Edition. Penguin Books 1949. 1st thus. Condition Very Good. Paperback bound in card wraps. Slightly tanned pages. Occasional foxing. Minor wear. Binding loose yet firm. Text bright. Dust Jacket condition: Very Good. Wrapped in protective plastic film. Minor tears to dust jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
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Very Good in Fair jacket. First printing. Very good in a fair dustjacket with corner clipped flaps, darkened spine, and a few, smallish losses. (box 99)