The watch house
McGill, Bernie, 1967-2018
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As the twentieth century dawns on the island of Rathlin, a place ravaged by storms and haunted by past tragedies, Nuala Byrne is faced with a difficult decision. Abandoned by her family for the new world, she receives a proposal from the island's aging tailor. For the price of a roof over her head, she accepts. Meanwhile the island is alive with gossip about the strangers who have arrived from the mainland, armed with mysterious equipment which can reportedly steal a person's words and transmit them through thin air. When Nuala is sent to cook for these men - engineers, who have been sent to Rathlin by Marconi to conduct experiments in the use of wireless telegraphy - she encounters an Italian named Gabriel, who offers her the chance to equip herself with new skills and knowledge.
Main title:
The watch house / Bernie McGill.
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Imprint:
London : Tinder Press, 2018.London : Tinder Press, 2018.
Collation:
384 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781472239587 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
1922773