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Strangers' Hall
Colchester Sagas (Related to this series)
- Author
- Elizabeth Jeffrey
- Narrator
- Maggie Mash
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 26 September 2019
- Run Time
- 11 hours 9 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
As she struggles to regain her independence and make a life for herself in the cloth trade, Jannekyn will need all the courage and resourcefulness she possesses - especially when she falls in love with an Englishman, whose arrival turns Jannekyn's world upside down.
Will this burgeoning romance reverse Jannekyn's fortunes, or will she never quite be able to escape her past?
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Details
- Author
- Elizabeth Jeffrey
- Narrator
- Maggie Mash
- Duration
- 11 hours 9 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 September 2019
- ISBN
- 9781405543187
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction
Synopsis
After fleeing her divided Dutch homeland, Jannekyn van der Hest comes to Colchester, Essex, looking to make a new life for herself. Though she seeks comfort and community, she finds herself at the mercy of her cruel uncle, who condemns her to a demeaning life as a kitchen maid.As she struggles to regain her independence and make a life for herself in the cloth trade, Jannekyn will need all the courage and resourcefulness she possesses - especially when she falls in love with an Englishman, whose arrival turns Jannekyn's world upside down.Will this burgeoning romance reverse Jannekyn's fortunes, or will she never quite be able to escape her past?
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