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Cookson, Catherine

 
9780593021323: The Maltese Angel
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ISBN 10: 0593021320 ISBN 13: 9780593021323
Editorial: Bantam Press, 1992

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The year is 1886, and Ward Gibson is a prosperous young farmer who becomes fascinated by Stephanie McQueen, a dancer. His marriage to her divides his home village, as he was expected to marry a local girl, and there follows a series of attacks on his farm, culminating in Stephanie's murder.

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knew what was expected of him by the village folk, and especially by the Mason family, whose daughter Daisy he had known all his life.  But then, in a single week, his whole world had been turned upside down by a dancer, Stephanie McQueen, who seemed to float across the stage of the Empire Music Hall where she was appearing as The Maltese Angel.  To his amazement, the attraction was mutual, and after a whirlwind courtship she agreed to marry him.<br><br>But a scorpion had already begun to emerge from beneath the stone of the local community, who considered that Ward had betrayed their expectations, and had led on and cruelly deserted Daisy.  There followed a series of reprisals on his family, one of them serious enough to cause him to exact a terrible revenge; and these events would twist and turn the course of many lives through Ward's own and succeeding generations.<br><br>THE MALTESE ANGEL displays Catherine Cookson at her towering best in this immensely po

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Editorial
Bantam Press
Año de publicación
1992
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ISBN 10 
0593021320
ISBN 13 
9780593021323
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Número de páginas
480
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