Once Upon a River

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432 pages

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JHSiess
Feb 03, 2024
8/10 stars
Author Diane Setterfield takes her readers back to 1887 when history was passed from generation to generation orally, neighbors all knew each other, and the local pub was the place where people gathered to share news and repeat the same stories over and over. It was a time before modern medicine and forensics.

Against that backdrop, the story begins at the Swan, an ancient inn operated by Joe Bliss and his wife, Margot, on the night of the solsti...read more

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