Cover of By Harbour and by Hearth

By Patience and by Paper
Volume III

By Harbour and by Hearth

A drawer of letters nobody opens. A packet of letters nobody sent. The post runs both ways, and it is very patient.

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A river swum, a promise kept at a price mentioned to nobody, and a ship named for the colour of somebody's eyes.

The final volume, in which every account, however old and however far off, is presented at last for payment. Some of them fall due in Derbyshire. Some of them fall due a great deal further away.

Length
About 114,000 words
Angst
Medium to high
Reader advisory
Bereavement, an epidemic, and the historical practice of sati and the movement that ended it. Handled with care, and with decorum. Bring two handkerchiefs.
Happily ever after
Yes, long delayed and well earned.

Reading Order

One story in three volumes. A lie told in a London parlour takes eighteen years, two continents and an entire family to set down again.

  1. Volume I By Fable and by Fact
  2. Volume II By Trade and by Trust
  3. Volume III By Harbour and by HearthThis book

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