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NORFOLK BOY

Dennis A Roberts

ISBN 978-1-83574-102-3

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Publication: 28 NOVEMBER 2024
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ISBN: 9781835741023
Price: £9.99

Binding: Paperback
Format: 198 x 129 mm

Extent: 304 pp
Thema: FV Historical fiction

Author location: Suffolk

• A historical novel follows a young boy gifted with
horse-handling skills. A fortunate incident leads
to a promising opportunity, but his path takes a
dark turn, stripping him of everything dear to
him.
• Set in the 1800s, the reader is taken on a
harrowing journey filled with resilience and
bravery.
• Inspired by the author's connections to the
Brecks and Newmarket, as well as his
fascination with this particular period in history
when people were shipped around the world,
Dennis A Roberts lives in Suffolk. Inspired by an entry he read in experiencing harsh, almost inhuman treatment,
the penal colony records of Port Arthur, Tasmania, Norfolk Boy is his battling to survive.
first novel. Previous writing credits include short stories in the Suffolk
Libraries Anthology, as well as an article in Norfolk/Suffolk Life Born in the Norfolk Brecks, twelve-year-old Isaac follows
magazine. generations of his family before him and enters into service at
Warren Hall. Working at the stables, he inherits his late
father’s talent of handling the most difficult of horses, and an
opportunity he could never have imagined opens-up before
him.

Leaving his beloved Brecks and family behind, Isaac travels to
Newmarket with hopes of becoming a jockey. On the verge of
achieving his dreams, he encounters the mysterious and
dapper Jack. An encounter that will change his life forever.
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dramatically grabbed from him. Condemned to the far side of
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Tradeorders@troubador.co.uk Transported across vast oceans, Isaac endures a journey
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a place where new friendships will grow, but old enemies are
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in order to survive.