{"product_id":"the-race-to-rainhill-clint-hollingsworth-9781960216083","title":"The Race to Rainhill: A Dawn of the Railways Romance","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe romance and mystery of the rail ignites Irish immigrant Sorcha O'Shea's personal romance in 'The Race to Rainhill\".\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSorcha O'Shea is a poor but skilled factory artisan with an unusual talent who is present at an event which changes the course of history: the race contest for the rights to build the \u003cb\u003efirst passenger steam locomotive\u003c\/b\u003e in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Sorcha is at the Rainhill Trials watching history unfold, she meets Robert Stephenson, the engineer who built the entry \u003ci\u003eRocket\u003c\/i\u003e. She also encounters Thaddeus Fulbright, a newspaper reporter who annoyingly turns up at every corner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLawrence Davenport, Sorcha's employer, has less than honorable designs on Sorcha, whose family depends on her income. Lawrence holds Sorcha's family's survival over her head. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStill living in an historical period containing all the elements of a Regency romance, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \"The Race to Rainhill\" has carriages, horses, ball gowns, theatre, assemblies, class hierarchy and aristocrats while on the cusp of the next phase of British life: the rail, which transformed travel, work, leisure, and even home life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperience the romance of the rail as history unfolds and Sorcha finds true love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLate Georgian Traditional Romance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein the vein of \u003ci\u003eCranford\u003c\/i\u003e by Elizabeth Gaskell, movie starring Judi Dench.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clint Hollingsworth,Suzette Hollingsworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1960216082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781960216083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Icicle Ridge Graphics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Clint Hollingsworth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801102070015,"sku":"9781960216083","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-race-to-rainhill-clint-hollingsworth-9781960216083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}