Only Clara Pentreath's quick thinking saves Adam Trevelyan from death after an accident at Wheal Susan, her father's mine. Under threat of foreclosure, Captain Pentreath and Adam search unceasingly for the new vein of tin that will stave off bankrupt...
But when seventeen-year-old Catherine Harrison's beloved mother dies, all hopes of a college education vanish as she is forced to travel with her father to Cornwall to make a new start. Life is difficult as, unbeknown to Catherine, Walter Harrison is...