Download or read book Green Dolphin Country written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Breathtaking...A long vista of undulating story, with here and there peaks of volcanic excitement' Daily Telegraph A haunting love story set between the Channel Islands and New Zealand in the 19th century. When young William Ozanne arrives on their island, sisters Marianne and Marguerite Le Patourel are both captivated. But it is tall, beautiful Marguerite who catches his eye. Years later, William leaves the island for a life at sea, eventually settling across the ocean in New Zealand. Impulsively, he invites Marguerite to join him there, but a slip of the pen results in Marianne making the journey instead. As Marguerite deals with a broken heart and the loss of her sister, Marianne must make a new life in a strange land, with a man who respects her but loves another. Can she persuade William that he chose the right sister, after all? The inspiration behind the Academy Award winning film Green Dolphin Street (1947). What readers are saying about GREEN DOLPHIN COUNTRY 'Fantastic' - 5 STARS 'A beautiful and unusual love story' - 5 STARS 'Full of twists and turns and beautifully written as always' - 5 STARS 'A wonderful story' - 5 STARS 'A magical story with characters that leap out from the page' - 5 STARS
Download or read book Green Dolphin Street written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by Buccaneer Books. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lives of sisters Marianne and Marguerite take very unexpected courses when William, the man they both adore, writes after a ten year absence and asks for Marianne's hand in marriage, even though it is Marguerite he has always loved.
Download or read book The Little White Horse written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by Lion Children's Books. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Little White Horse was my favourite childhood book. I absolutely adored it. It had a cracking plot. It was scary and romantic in parts and had a feisty heroine.' - JK Rowling - The Bookseller In 1842, thirteen-year-old orphan Maria Merryweather travels to her family's ancestral home, Moonacre Manor, to live with her uncle Sir Benjamin. She immediately feels right at home with her kind and funny uncle and meets a wonderful set of new friends â but she quickly learns that beneath all this beauty and comfort, a past feud haunts Moonacre Manor and itâs her destiny to right the wrongs of her ancestors and restore the peace to Moonacre Valley. A beautifully written fantasy story filled with magic, a Moon Princess, and a mysterious white horse. Little White Horse and the delightful heroine, Maria Merryweather, are sure to be loved by all children.
Download or read book The Dean s Watch written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling saga of an unlikely friendship threaded together by redemption and grace The setting is a remote mid-nineteenth-century town in England and its grand cathedral. The cathedral Dean, Adam Ayscough, holds a deep love for his parishioners and townspeople, but he is held captive by an irrational shyness and intimidating manner. The Dean and Isaac Peabody, an obscure watchmaker who does not think he or God have anything in common, strike up an unlikely friendship. This leads to an unusual spiritual awakening that touches the entire community. A richly imaginative and inspiring story with appealing and unique characters, this novel is a favorite of Goudge s fans. "
Download or read book The Joy of the Snow written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Scent of Water written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pilgrim S Inn written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book GREEN DOLPHIN COUNTRY BY ELIZABETH GOUDGE written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Child from the Sea written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the pomp and pageantry of turbulent seventeenth century England, Elizabeth Goudge weaves the poignant tale of Lucy Walter, the proud and beautiful secret wife of Charles II. From her early childhood in a castle by the sea in Wales and the joys and pangs of childhood, to her tragic estrangement from the king and her death in Paris at the age of twenty-eight, Lucy Walter lived to the full a life of intense joy and equally intense drama. Miss Goudge portrays brilliantly a young love almost too ecstatic to bear. Equally moving is her characterization of Lucy—a spirited woman caught up in the cataclysmic wars and disruptive revolution of a tumultuous era. From London at the time of the Great Fire, to Paris when British royalty fled to the sanctuary of the Louvre, to Brussels and The Hague and a rich panoramic background—a master storyteller traces the life and loves of an extraordinary woman. The Child from the Sea is a superbly colorful and romantic historical novel alive with brilliant cameos and infused with a spiritual essence rare in our times.
Download or read book The Bird in the Tree written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matriarch of the family, Lucilla, has spent a lifetime making the Hampshire estate of Damerosehay a haven for the Eliots. When her favorite grandson, David, falls in love with a woman who belongs to another, Lucilla sees her most cherished ambitions put at risk. But can she persuade David and Nadine to put duty before love?
Download or read book The White Witch written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by Hendrickson Publishers. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 17th-century Oxfordshire, Margaret waits in the manor for news from her husband—who’s fighting for the cause of Parliament. At Froniga’s hearth sits the wise woman whose moral clarity brings life to the community. Goudge’s novel explores the cost of zeal and the power of healing when village life is ruptured by national conflict.
Download or read book The Valley of Song written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl rallies her community in obtaining materials to finish construction on a beautiful ship that, due to lack of funds, is slated to be destroyed.
Download or read book Island Magic written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by . This book was released on 2008-03-12 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Island Magic (1934), a beautiful story of the Channel Islands in the nineteenth century, was Elizabeth Goudge's first novel and stands as one of her finest. It tells of Rachel and Andre du Froq and their exuberant children, and the mysterious stranger who washes up from the sea and becomes entwined in their lives. [Also available: the sequel, "Make-Believe" by Elizabeth Goudge.]
Download or read book The Herb of Grace written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second in the classic trilogy about the Eliots of Damerosehay. War has left David Eliot a changed man. Returning to the family home, he slowly begins to put the pieces of his life together. Tormented by the failure of her love affair with David five years earlier, Nadine has misgivings about bringing her family to live in the enchanting old inn close to the Damerosehay estate. But as the tranquil Hampshire countryside casts its spell, both families come to discover a measure of peace and contentment.
Download or read book Linnets and Valerians written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nan, Robert, Timothy, and Betsy's father went off to explore in Egypt, he left the children with their grandmother who lived in the English countryside. Unfortunately she did not much like children, much less their dog, Absalom. So the children ran away to stay with their Uncle Ambrose, an eccentric, strict, and loveable retired school teacher who was determined to give them an Education, but in addition to Greek, Latin, and Literature, the Linnet children learned much more — about nature and magic, the power of the past and Pan, and, of course, the importance of the bees. They used their knowledge to find the lost Valerians, undo some very wicked, ancient spells, and reunite a divided family. The word "enchanting" is overused, but in this case it applies.
Download or read book Henrietta s House written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Christmas Book written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Christmas Book contains nine different Christmas stories. Elizabeth Goudge captues what she regards as the essenial spirit of Christmas-a Christmas free of commercialism, false sophistication, and forced good spirits.