Follow the fortunes of Minnie Dakin and her family. They are ropemakers who live in an underground village in 18th-century Derbyshire. Minnie's sister, Netty, lives in Sheffield, and when she falls ill, Minnie moves there to be with her. They live in a time when squalor and injustice is rife.
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"Theresa Tomlinson is among the strongest of a younger generation of historical novelists." -"Financial Times"