Author: Scott Preston
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668050676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A stunning debut novel set in the rugged, rural landscape of northwest England where two sheep farmers lose their flocks and decide to reverse their fortunes by stealing sheep from a rich farm in the south—for fans of Annie Proulx and Cormac McCarthy. In early 2001, a lethal disease breaks out on the hill farms of northern England, emptying the valleys of sheep and filling the skies with smoke as they burn the carcasses. Two neighboring shepherds lose everything and set their sights on a wealthy farm in the south with its flock of prizewinning animals. So begins the dark tale of Steve Elliman and William Herne. As their sheep rustling leads to more and more difficult decisions, the struggles of the land are never far away. Steve’s only distraction is his growing fascination with William’s enigmatic and independent wife, Helen. When their mountain home comes under the sway of a lawless outsider, Colin Tinley, it is left to Steve to save himself and Helen in a savage conflict that threatens the ancient ways of the Lakeland fells. Told in the hardscrabble voice of a forgotten England, Scott Preston creates an uncompromising vision of farmers lost in brutal devotion to their flocks, the aching love affairs that men and women use to sustain themselves, and the painful consequences of a breathtaking heist gone bad. The Borrowed Hills is a thrilling adventure that reimagines the American Western for Britain’s moors and mountains where survival is in the blood.
The Borrowed Hills
Author: Scott Preston
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668050676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A stunning debut novel set in the rugged, rural landscape of northwest England where two sheep farmers lose their flocks and decide to reverse their fortunes by stealing sheep from a rich farm in the south—for fans of Annie Proulx and Cormac McCarthy. In early 2001, a lethal disease breaks out on the hill farms of northern England, emptying the valleys of sheep and filling the skies with smoke as they burn the carcasses. Two neighboring shepherds lose everything and set their sights on a wealthy farm in the south with its flock of prizewinning animals. So begins the dark tale of Steve Elliman and William Herne. As their sheep rustling leads to more and more difficult decisions, the struggles of the land are never far away. Steve’s only distraction is his growing fascination with William’s enigmatic and independent wife, Helen. When their mountain home comes under the sway of a lawless outsider, Colin Tinley, it is left to Steve to save himself and Helen in a savage conflict that threatens the ancient ways of the Lakeland fells. Told in the hardscrabble voice of a forgotten England, Scott Preston creates an uncompromising vision of farmers lost in brutal devotion to their flocks, the aching love affairs that men and women use to sustain themselves, and the painful consequences of a breathtaking heist gone bad. The Borrowed Hills is a thrilling adventure that reimagines the American Western for Britain’s moors and mountains where survival is in the blood.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1668050676
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A stunning debut novel set in the rugged, rural landscape of northwest England where two sheep farmers lose their flocks and decide to reverse their fortunes by stealing sheep from a rich farm in the south—for fans of Annie Proulx and Cormac McCarthy. In early 2001, a lethal disease breaks out on the hill farms of northern England, emptying the valleys of sheep and filling the skies with smoke as they burn the carcasses. Two neighboring shepherds lose everything and set their sights on a wealthy farm in the south with its flock of prizewinning animals. So begins the dark tale of Steve Elliman and William Herne. As their sheep rustling leads to more and more difficult decisions, the struggles of the land are never far away. Steve’s only distraction is his growing fascination with William’s enigmatic and independent wife, Helen. When their mountain home comes under the sway of a lawless outsider, Colin Tinley, it is left to Steve to save himself and Helen in a savage conflict that threatens the ancient ways of the Lakeland fells. Told in the hardscrabble voice of a forgotten England, Scott Preston creates an uncompromising vision of farmers lost in brutal devotion to their flocks, the aching love affairs that men and women use to sustain themselves, and the painful consequences of a breathtaking heist gone bad. The Borrowed Hills is a thrilling adventure that reimagines the American Western for Britain’s moors and mountains where survival is in the blood.
Bulletin - American Railway Engineering Association
Author: American Railway Engineering Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
Book Description
Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Railway Engineering Association
Author: American Railway Engineering Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
List of members in v. 1-10.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
List of members in v. 1-10.
Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association
Author: American Railway Engineering Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
List of members in v. 1-
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
List of members in v. 1-
Bulletin - American Railway Engineering Association
Author: American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
Vols. for 19 - include the directory issue of the American Railway Engineering Association.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
Vols. for 19 - include the directory issue of the American Railway Engineering Association.
Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association
Author: American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
Extracts from Journals of Explorations
Author: W. R. Murray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Engineering and Contracting
Report...
Author: New York (N.Y.). Accounts Commissioners
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
Book Description
Report of the Commissioner in the Investigation of the Award by the Board of Water Supply of the City of New York of the Contract for Building the Main Dams of the Ashokan Reservoir
Author: New York (N.Y.). Commissioner of Accounts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description