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The Horseman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
1911. In a forgotten valley on the Devon-Somerset border, the seasons unfold, marked only by the rituals of the farming calendar. Twelve-year-old Leopold Sercombe skips school to help his father, a carter. Skinny and pale, Leo dreams of a job on the estate's stud farm. He is breaking a colt for his father when a boy dressed in a Homburg, breeches and riding boots appears.
Peering under the stranger's hat, he discovers Miss Charlotte, the Master's daughter. And so begins a friendship between the children, bound by a deep love of horses but divided by rigid social boundaries - boundaries that become increasingly difficult to navigate as they approach adolescence.
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- Moyra Stewart
- 04-04-23
Heartwarming
Found this a most beautiful fascinating tale so true to life in a bygone age. Cannot wait for Book 2. Very characterful narration
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- Ginger
- 17-12-18
Fascinating
A little slow to start but gathered momentum. The tale is told,stunningly, mostly through the eyes of the carter’s son, in a series of vignettes. It shows the vanished world of the English countryside of a hundred years ago with description and detail that is a delight.
The book also becomes a spellbinding story.
Great narrator too.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-09-23
Didn’t know what to make of it
On the one hand this novel is a slow and descriptive insight into another era. On the other is a sad and mournful tale of a lost youth and his strange view of his world.
The ending came as a sudden shock.
I’m not sure I can recommend this book. I was almost waiting for something to happen as each chapter began and then the final chapter turned the story on its head.
Puzzling.
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