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Railwayman's Daughter

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In 1875 railwayman Tom Swales, with his wife and five daughters, takes the tiny end cottage in a terrace by the newly-built York-Doncaster railway track. Eldest daughter Mary becomes housemaid to the stationmaster, where she battles the grime from passing …

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In 1875 railwayman Tom Swales, with his wife and five daughters, takes the tiny end cottage in a terrace by the newly-built York-Doncaster railway track. Eldest daughter Mary becomes housemaid to the stationmaster, where she battles the grime from passing trains and the stationmaster's brutal, lustful nature - a fight she cannot win. Mary flees to York, and when she is taken in by the York Quakers her spirit is nearly broken. If she finds the strength to return to her family will they accept her - and will her first love, farmer's son Nathaniel, still be waiting?

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"In 1875 railwayman Tom Swales, with his wife and five daughters, takes the tiny end cottage in a terrace by the newly-built York-Doncaster railway track. Eldest daughter Mary becomes housemaid …"

— Margaret

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