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Lord of the Far Island

1977341 pagesFawcett Books

Synopsis

Orphaned Ellen Kellaway has always known her place as a dependent in her wealthy cousins' home. Her life of quiet deference is shattered when a proposal from a prominent family offers a dazzling escape into a world of wealth and status. But a recurring nightmare and a sense of impending doom suggest this fantasy may hide a dark secret, drawing her back to the ancestral Kellaway Castle on the remote Far Island to confront a powerful, hidden past.

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About the author

Eleanor Alice Burford was born on September 01, 1906 in Kensington, London. Her father, Joseph Burford, was something of an odd-job man, with no steady profession, but he quickly passed on his great love of books to his young daughter. She was an avid reader from the age of four onwards. In her early twenties, she married a leather merchant, George Percival Hibbert, who shared her love of books and reading. Eleanor Burford was one of the preeminent English authors of historical fiction for m...

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Ellen KellawayProtagonist
Jago KellawayAntagonist

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