Forced by her tyrannical father to masquerade as a man in order to comply with the terms of her grandfather's Will, Philippa Cranley knows nothing but cruelty from Archer Cranley and his vicious sister, Edna. Philippa's love for her frail mother keeps her enslaved, dressed in men's clothing and known as Philip. Archer Cranley forces 'Philip' to do a stint in the glassworks, a raging inferno of deprivation and danger. Joshua Fairley befriends the gentle 'lad' but finds his feelings for Philip are more than pity, and is tormented by the thought that he is being tempted into an unholy love ...
- ISBN10 0750519452
- ISBN13 9780750519458
- Publish Date 1 January 2003 (first published 6 June 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 October 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Magna Large Print Books
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 480
- Language English