Salt of the Earth by Michael Taylor

Salt of the Earth by Michael Taylor

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Set in the Black Country during the Victorian age of steam, and centred around an actual historical incident, this is the compelling story of a young man and a girl who think they can do better in love - and learn better when it may be too late.

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Salt of the Earth by Michael Taylor

Lucy Piddock meets Arthur Goodrich, solid and reliable, a stonemason and regular churchgoer. As far as her family and friends are concerned, Arthur appears to be the ideal match. But he is prone to one calamity after another - hardly the man of her dreams - and Lucy remains lukewarm. Unbeknownst to Arthur, she holds out for Dickie Dempster, the dashing guard she fancies who works on the newly constructed railway. Prompted by Lucy's rejection and another row with his father, Arthur leaves home in Brierley Hill to seek a new life - and perhaps even a new love - in Bristol, leaving Lucy free to pursue her dream of happiness with Dickie Dempster. Only when tragedy strikes does Lucy begin to understand which way her true feelings lie. By which time it is surely too late ...'It's about time a man wrote romantic fiction - Michael Taylor does it superbly.' Edwina Currie
'It's about time a man wrote romantic fiction - Michael Taylor does it superbly' - Edwina Currie POPPY SILK is a superior saga that happily avoids the usual melodrama, and in Poppy the author has created an appealing heroine who I couldn't help but root for. The Historical Novels Review Sensual, riveting, poignantly tender and often hilariously funny, EVE'S DAUGHTER draws the reader into an enthralling saga of desire and deception. Bolton Evening News
Michael Taylor was born in Dudley and educated at Dudley Grammar School and the Birmingham College of Art and Crafts. He has beeen a songwriter and performer with the popular recording group Herbie's People, a widely published photographer and since 1990, a successful businessman. He lives in South Staffordshire with his wife and family.
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ISBN 13 9780340830574
ISBN 10 0340830573
Title Salt of the Earth
Author Michael Taylor
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Year published 2005-04-11
Number of pages 448
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.