Michael and all angels

the long version

In the autumn of 1817, the arrival of the Ipswich coach and its occupants - a strange, ill-assorted company - changed the lives of those who lived at the Fleece Inn forever ... Will Oakley, landlord and host, with his two daughters, beautiful Myrtle, and the repellent Harriet, waited to receive his guests. Along with the usual farmers, merchants and the "quality", there were others who fitted into none of these categories. Like the handsome foreigner with the scarred face, and the fat man who appeared to be gloating over some malicious secret of his own ...