There's no slavery in the Yorkshire Dales, not in 1887, not ever. But loving families use artful schemes to enslave the innocent. Twenty nine year old Tizzie has worked herself down to skin and bones as a dairymaid on the farm of her older brother, Jack, his Scottish wife, Maggie, their three boys and one girl, Agnes. Expert at many things, though not in spotting conniving entrapment, Tizzie yearns that young Agnes will not suffer her fate. In trying to help Agnes find an education and avoid a life of drudgery in a male dominated world, Tizzie begins to suspect and then uncover her brother's...
There's no slavery in the Yorkshire Dales, not in 1887, not ever. But loving families use artful schemes to enslave the innocent. Twenty nine year old...