Set in Cumberland between 1889 and the early Twenties, this is the story of John Tallentire and his wife Emily. First farm labourer and then coal miner, John st... » 

Set in Cumberland between 1889 and the early Twenties, this is the story of John Tallentire and his wife Emily. First farm labourer and then coal miner, John struggles to break free from the humiliating status of a hired man. This is the first novel in The Cumbrian Trilogy. «