The Horse Girl by Mary Finn
When Thomas Rose discovers Ling, a young French girl who has run away from the circus, his life is suddenly and irrevocably changed 19th-century Lincolnshire: Thomas, who is dyslexic, has never met anyone remotely like Ling wild, care-free, determined and he falls in love. Ling's horse, Belladonna, has been stolen and Ling fears she is in the hands of the painter Mr George Stubbs, known for flailing horses to learn about their anatomy. When Thomas and Ling pay Stubbs a visit, they learn the true whereabouts of Belladonna, and Thomas is offered a job with Stubbs, who also teaches him to read and write. Thomas and Ling devise a plan to steal back Belladonna, knowing, if caught, Ling could pay with her life.
Absorbing The Irish Times
Mary Finn is Irish and lives in Dublin. She used to be a journalist but is now a parliamentary reporter a very different job in the Oireachtas, or Irish houses of parliament. Although she is very fond of the eighteenth century, and has set two books in that period Anila's Journey and Horse Girl the reason is not the clothes, the swords or even the horses, but the feisty characters who demand that their stories be told. She thinks in pictures but can't draw so words must do the job instead.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781406329100 |
| ISBN 10 | 140632910X |
| Title | The Horse Girl |
| Author | Mary Finn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Walker Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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