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The Boy with Blue Trousers by Carol Jones

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The Boy with Blue Trousers

Author
Carol Jones
Narrator
Sarah Ovens
Publisher
W. F. Howes Ltd
Publish Date
4 July 2019
Run Time
9 hours 50 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Generational sagas
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What to expect

On the goldfields of 19th-century Australia, two very different girls are trying to escape their past. Violet Hartley has fled from England after a scandalous liaison, now she is angling for a rich husband and a new life. Little Cat is fleeing from her home in Southern China after killing the powerful old man who tried to rape her. Disguised as a boy, she joins the huge Chinese workforce on the goldfields of Victoria. But the son of the murdered man is on her trail, intent on vengeance.

Love, sexual desire, violence and financial ambition entwine in this mesmerising saga.

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Author
Carol Jones
Narrator
Sarah Ovens
Duration
9 hours 50 minutes
Release Date
4 July 2019
ISBN
9781789549133
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
W. F. Howes Ltd
Genre
Generational sagas

Synopsis

On the goldfields of 19th-century Australia, two very different girls are trying to escape their past. Violet Hartley has fled from England after a scandalous liaison, now she is angling for a rich husband and a new life. Little Cat is fleeing from her home in Southern China after killing the powerful old man who tried to rape her. Disguised as a boy, she joins the huge Chinese workforce on the goldfields of Victoria. But the son of the murdered man is on her trail, intent on vengeance. Love, sexual desire, violence and financial ambition entwine in this mesmerising saga.

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