The Trespass

by Barbara Ewing

Book Overview

London 1849. The capital city is living in fear. Cholera is everywhere. Eminent MP Sir Charles Cooper decides it is too risky for his younger daughter, the strangely beautiful and troubled Harriet,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0751533904
• ISBN13: 9780751533903
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Sphere
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

wonderful!!!

This is one of the best books of historical fiction I have ever read.The characters are so belivable you feel you have been transport in time and are part of their world. I read this book in two days, much to the happiness of my children who orded takeout for dinner 2 nights in arrow. (they never get takeout)

Wow...

That is what the cover of this little known book should say. I am a big fan of historical fiction and The Trespass was one of the best books in this genre I have ever read. I was hooked right from page one and the story never lost my interest. I felt like I was right there with this young girl Harriet, while she was trying to get away from her father and her life in London.

Captivating

This book was very moving. I love reading historical fiction, and I got that with this book plus so much more. This is the story about Harriet, who is sent to the country after a cholera outbreak in London. However, Harriet is worried about her sister, Mary, who is still in London. Certain events lead Harriet plan to run away to New Zealand. This book is simply captivating. The story line drew me in from the start, and it had some twists and turns I was not expecting, but in the end I was glad I bought this book. Get it!

Excellent Historical

In the London cholera epidemic of 1849, MP Sir Charles Cooper isworried for his youngest daughter, seventeen year old Harriet, and resolves to send her away to the country until the danger has past.Harriet is pleased to get away from her father, but also worried thathe won't send her elder sister, Mary, with her. Isn't she in dangerfrom the cholera too? (More danger than either of them know, for Maryhas been helping a doctor treat the cholera patients in the poorestparts of London.)Harriet enjoys her stay in the country with her cousins, and wondersat the easy way the family has with each other, for there is a darksecret at her London home, one she has no words for, because how cana young lady speak of the unspeakable?Harriet plans a daring escape to New Zealand, following in the footstepsof her cousin, for surely even her father's reach cannot get so faras New Zealand?This book is excellent, with a little dash of history thrown in now andthen, but without turning the novel into a history book. The mainemphasis is on the characters, and what characters they were. Sorealisitic and evolved. I was on tenterhooks the whole time wonderingof Harriet could ever escape.At a time when women had no money of their own (unless they were lowerclass and could work), they were owned first by their fathers andthen by their husbands, and were not even allowed to work, how coulda young girl escape her terrible fate?"Everything you say is yours, belongs to me, is provided by me,everything, every breath that you take belongs to me. I am yourfather. And as you well know you owe me absolute obedience."I devoured this book in two days, you just have to keep reading tofind out what happens next. With a wealth of historical detail andwell drawn characters, it's one you'd want to read again.Reviewed by Annette Gisby, author of Drowning Rapunzel and Silent Screams.