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The story of Lucy Gault

"Captain Gault had seen off three intruders. They had come in the night with the intention of firing the house, but a single shot had sent them scuttling back into the darkness. One, though, had been wounded, and for that the Gaults were not forgiven: sooner or later there would be trouble again. Other big-house families had been driven out, but Lucy, soon to be nine, could not bear the thought of leaving Lahardane. But chance changed everything"--Container.

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  • "Lucy Gault grows up a Protestant in a Catholic part of Ireland in the 1920s. An only child, she enjoys an intimate relationship with her parents and is wedded to her family's lavish country home, the nearby beach and woods, and the house staff. When Lucy's parents decide to flee the persecution of arsonists and move to England, her life takes an unforeseen turn. Tragedy and heartbreak will haunt the Gault family, and their lives do not proceed as expected."
  • ""Captain Gault had seen off the three intruders easily enough. They had come in the night with the intention of firing the house, but a single shot had sent them scuttling back into the darkness. One, though, had been wounded and for that the Gaults were not forgiven: sooner or later there would be trouble again. Other big-house families had been driven out - the Morells from Clashmore, the Gouvernets, the Priors, the Swifts. It was time to go too." "But Lucy, soon to be nine, the only child of the household, could not bear the thought of leaving Lahardane. Her world was the old house itself, the woods of the glen, the farm animals, the walk along the seashore to school. All of that she loved and as the day of departure grew closer she determined that this exile should not take place. But chance changed everything, bringing about a calamity so terrible that it might have been a punishment, so vicious that it blighted the lives of all the Gaults for many years to come." [In this novel, the author] begins in rural Cork in 1921, in a country still in turmoil. The old order has fragmented, a way of life is already over. [He] conveys the disquiet and confusion that colour the story of Lucy Gault as it's told while it happens, in towns and countryside, and told again when passing has made it different.-http://www.bn.com."
  • ""Captain Gault had seen off three intruders. They had come in the night with the intention of firing the house, but a single shot had sent them scuttling back into the darkness. One, though, had been wounded, and for that the Gaults were not forgiven: sooner or later there would be trouble again. Other big-house families had been driven out, but Lucy, soon to be nine, could not bear the thought of leaving Lahardane. But chance changed everything"--Container."@en
  • "Captain Gault has decided that his family must leave Lahardane. They are after all Protestants living in the big house in rural Cork, and the country is in turmoil. It is 1921. But eight-year-old Lucy can't bear to leave the seashore, the old house, the woods - so she hatches a plan."@en
  • "Captain Gault had seen off three intruders who had come in the night with the intention of firing the house. A single shot had sent them scutting back into the darkness. One, though, had been wounded, and the Gault family would not be forgiven. Other big-housefamilies had been driven out, but Lucy, almost nine, could not bear the thought of leaving Lahardane. But chance changed evertthing."@en
  • "Nine-year-old Lucy Gault is devastated when her parents plan to leave their ancestral estate in Ireland for a new home in England. As the servants are let go and the house is boarded up, Lucy decides to run away. But her disappearance sets off a series of misunderstandings that will change her family forever and will touch each inhabitant of her village."@en
  • "Nine-year-old Lucy Gault is devastated when her parents plan to leave their ancestral estate in Ireland for a new home in England. As the servants are let go and the house is boarded up, Lucy decides to run away. But her disappearance sets off a series of misunderstandings that will change her family forever and will touch each inhabitant of her village."
  • "Captain Gault had seen off three intruders who had come in the night with the intention of firing the house. A single shot had sent them scutting back into the darkness. One, though, had been wounded, and the Gault family would not be forgiven. Other big-housefamilies had been driven out, but Lucy, almost nine, could not bear the thought of leaving Lahardane. But chance changed evertthing."
  • "Captain Gaulthad seen off three intruders. They had come in the night with the intention of firing the house, but a single shot had sent them scutting back into the darkness. One, though, had been wounded ..."@en

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  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Downloadable audio books"
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  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
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  • "History"@en
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  • "Story Of Lucy Gault"
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