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The Luscombe Inheritance The Story of a Cornish Family ISBN 978-1-84685-585-6 David Harries was educated in Caterham School, the Royal Air Force, Lancashire Independent College, Manchester University and the Royal Navy |
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INHERITANCE Young William Davies aged 14, having buried his mother, set out in his father’s boots to walk from Risca in South Wales to the Plymouth Barbican, where his only other relative was supposed to live. The journey took him 13 days and he arrived in the late spring of the year 1817. When his aunt saw him, she threatened to put the dogs on him as he could hardly speak. He hadn’t eaten for four
days; he was wet, filthy and verminous. This is his story
and that of his family through the years. A story of
triumphs and disasters, of agriculture, mining and industry
on the banks of the River Tamar – that placid stream which
divides Cornwall from Devon that in its day provided the
copper, tin, wolfram, silver, lead, manganese and iron which
the great, greedy maw of the industrial revolution demanded.
Above all it is a story of Cornish people – and is for all
who love Cornwall and the West Country |
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Cover photography by genius loci
