The last pearl
Edición de la obra The last pearl
| Autor | Leah Fleming |
|---|---|
| Fecha de publicación | 2016 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 410 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781471141355, 9781471140976, 9781471140969, 9781471140983 |
| ISBN-10 | 1471140970, 1471141357, 1471140962 |
| OCLC | 948622372 |
| Número de Cutter | F597l |
1879, York. Greta Costello must rely on her wits to survive. She finds refuge as a Saturday girl for an old jeweller, Saul Abrahams, and her eye for detail, her long fingers and appreciation of beauty persuade Saul to train her as a pearl stringer. This skill will lead her through hardship and pain towards a new life. 1879, Scotland. Jem Baillie knows the immense power of a perfect pearl. His father was a fisher on a tributary of the Tay river in Perthshire, Scotland, and together they found the rarest of pearls, a great white pearl they call Queenie. When this is stolen from them, Eben vows revenge. Spanning generations and continents, tracing the rivers of Scotland and the Mississippi.