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Thursbitch is a novel by English writer Alan Garner, named after the valley in the Pennines of England where the action occurs (also listed in the 1841 OS map as "Thursbatch"). It was published in 2003.
Oct 2, 2003 · Thursbitch tells the tale of the Thunderer and his wife, on a human level. It depicts in uncompromising and unapologetic frankness the practise of Paganism by a whole community - The Wicker Man without Edward Woodward!
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Oct 4, 2003 · In 1985, the year of the vicar's report of “a lot of electrical magic“ in Thursbitch, a gang of men was clearing out a ditch lower down the field from the stone, with or without a ring, and they uncovered a cache of bulls' and of aurochs' horns; and among them a Middle Bronze Age sword.
Stories where a couple of annoying busy-bodies (usually precociously “smart” urban kids on rural vacation) wander out on the misty moors (for no particularly good reason), find themselves at the site of some ancient, folkloric mystery, get caught up in some spooky goings-on that resonate “uncannily” with the past, solve the age-old puzzle, and m...
Mar 27, 2014 · A gripping time-slip novel by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-longlisted Treacle Walker. Here John Turner was cast away in a heavy snow storm in the night in or about the year 1755. The print of a woman's shoe was found by his side in the snow where he lay dead.
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- Random House
- 03/27/2014
- Barnes & Noble
Thursbitch by Garner, Alan, 1934-Publication date 2004 Topics Traveling sales personnel -- England -- Pennine Chain -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction, Trails ...
In Thursbitch the world of 18th century packman John Turner is interwoven with our own world and the lives of two people who together share love, deep trust and a great challenge. Tragedy and loss, joy and courage come to the surface in both of them.
- Alan Garner
