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Cookson, Catherine, 1906-1998

The Smuggler's Secret - [S.l.] : Corgi 2018. - 430 p. 20 cm.

Reprint of The Harrogate Secret 1990

Born into grinding poverty, young Freddie Musgrave relies on his wits to survive and help feed his family. He earns a few shillings by navigating his little boat across the swift-flowing waters of the Tyne, running messages and smuggling goods between the busy seaports on either side of the river and evading the customs agents.

Luck is on his side . . . until the night he witnesses something truly horrific. In a supremely brave act he saves a life – and changes his own forever.

Gaining the patronage of Maggie Hewitt, a sea captain’s daughter, Freddie is able to shape a future he can be proud of. But the threats of the past won’t stay buried and the dark events of that distant night have cast a long and dangerous shadow…

ISBN: 0552175579 9780552175579

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Young men--Fiction.
Working class families--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
England, Northern--Fiction.