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In 1796 the promising young poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge came with
his attractive wife Sara to live at nether Stowey in West Somerset,
drawn by the beauty of the Quantock Hills and by his new friendship
with Tom Poole, who owned a tannery business in Castle Street.
Little did Tom realise then how closely he was to become involved,
during the years 1796 to 1804, with Coleridge's brilliant,
colourful and ultimately tragic life - with his fiercely democratic
literary friends who descended on Stowey from time to time and
shocked the locals: with his eccentric style of living, with his
stormy marriage and hopeless love affair and with his agonised
struggle to write great poetry. Overshadowing all, Tom had to watch
Coleridge's gradual descent into the abyss of opium addiction
In 1411, ten-year-old Elizabeth Courtenay, the intellectually
precocious and lively daughter of the Earl of Devon, starts to keep
a diary in a light-hearted fashion as a relief from household tasks
and embroidery. Little does she realise then that as an adult she
will go on, not only to record the difficult day-to-day life of a
Lady of the Manor, but also an extraordinary series of misfortunes
and disasters. From the moment she secretly marries William
Bonville of Colcombe Castle, her long life becomes one of desperate
love and grim endurance, interspersed with moments of beauty, hope
and humour. Through her own family and that of her husband,
Elizabeth becomes involved in a vicious local feud which leads into
the ruthless bloody battles of the Wars of the Roses, culminating
in a terrible personal tragedy.
The world that Triffy Garland inhabits is one of videos, hot dogs
and amusement arcades - all the trappings of the consumer age. But
with it comes the cold reality of life in a children's home,
creating a loneliness and emptiness which Triffy hides with a front
of petulance and bravado. She runs away hoping to find a solution
to her problems, an escape from the life she describes as 'dead
boring'.Fate, however, has other plans for Triffy as her travels
somehow take her to not only a new place but a new time. But can
she survive in an era where the children must shoulder a heavy
weight of responsibility and fight simply to exist? The modern girl
will have to adapt to pre-First World War living if she is to
endure this hostile yet invigorating life.'The Ghost of Branscombe
Plats' evokes memories of an age where the true value of friendship
means more than simple possessions. The mystery and beauty of
nature hold the greatest allure and the hope of a better future is
tempered with duty and responsibility. Only the strongest will
survive.
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