The Pioneer - Couverture souple

Simister, Lucy

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798233328824

Editeur : Lucy Simister, 2023

Synopsis

Tabby Basset is seventeen years old and lives in town of Topsham in Devon in 1885. She is a highly skilled carpenter by trade. And she has a dream. This is a story about how absolute single mindedness and determination will pave the way to success. She discovers she can make and repair violins after meeting Cliffy on The Pioneer, a sailing ship bound for Holland. She agrees to travel with the ship as a shipwright. She learns to play the violin and after meeting and playing with the world famous violinist Hettie Carpenter her life changes completely. She decides she wants to become a luthier and everything she chooses to do from that moment is aimed at achieving that ambition. After playing in the orchestra of a musical theatre company, and signing on with her friend Silvie as the resident band on a transatlantic liner her sheer hard work and determination finally pays off.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lucy Simister has written several biographical books and her subjects include John Keats, Elizabeth Barrett and Charles Dickens. In 2012 she wrote the book for the children's musical 'Trouble at Mill, ' and in 2014 wrote and published the comedy play 'The Jolly Sailor' - full of piratey goings on based in Plymouth.
She works for Children's Amateur Theatre Society and can be found most weekends on the road playing in one of several bands. With her writing, drama and gigs life can get pretty busy!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lucy Simister
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798233328824
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 186
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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