When this book was published by St Martin's Press in New York and Piatkus in London, 1986, it attracted the following notices:
â -- Chatterley meets Manderley -- Washington Post
â -- Macdonald inherited all of R.F. Delderfield's fans. His sagas set in England are a joy to read -- Columba - Midwest Review of Books
â -- A highly readable, wonderfully emotional, and perfectly satyisfying fare for the sumptuous-saga lover -- Rave Reviews
â -- Routine, predictable, and humdrum romance, with too much complicated 19th-century English legal maneuvering, and at least one too many charming Cornish peasants -- Kirkus
â -- A cut above the usual historical fiction -- Chattanooga Times
â -- Salted with Cornish wit, wisdom, legend, and tradition. A very good read -- The Good Book Guide
â -- A novel rich in Cornish flavour -- The West Briton
And, of Macdonald himself:
â -- He is every bit as bad as Dickens �" Martin Seymour-Smith
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