This is a novel of love triumphing over parental repressiveness which concerns Tessa Riley the daughter of an Irish peat cutter. Her father has plans to marry her to the gamekeeper, but her heart lies elsewhere. The author is herself of Irish descent and has written several historical novels and a biography of Constance Wilde.
- ISBN10 0330311182
- ISBN13 9780330311182
- Publish Date 12 April 1990 (first published 3 November 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 June 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Pan Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English