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1954: A dark house filled with darker secrets…
Begars Abbey
What you need to know before your trail
Winter 1954, and in a dilapidated apartment in Brooklyn, Sam Cooper realises that she has nothing left. Her mother is dead, she has no prospects, and she cannot afford the rent. But as she goes through her mother’s things, Sam finds a stack of hidden letters that reveal a family and an inheritance that she never knew she had, three thousand miles away in Yorkshire.
Begars Abbey is a crumbling pile, inhabited only by Lady Cooper, Sam’s ailing grandmother, and a handful of servants. Sam cannot understand why her mother kept its very existence a secret, but her newly discovered diaries offer a glimpse of a young girl growing increasingly terrified. As is Sam herself.
Built on the foundations of an old convent, Begars moves and sings with the biting wind. Her grandmother cannot speak, and a shadowy woman moves along the corridors at night. There are dark places in the hidden tunnels beneath Begars. And they will not give up their secrets easily…
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From Brooklyn to Yorkshire
From the city of Ne York where the adventure begins to the dark and mysterious place they call Begars Abbey in Yorkshire, this is a book where setting is key. New York gets a mention but Yorkshire is the key here. Begars Abbey is the main character infact.
Sam travels to her ancestral home, Begars Abbey,to see her grandmother who is severely handicapped. It’s a dark and foreboding place which has lost all of its beauty and former grandeur. This place is now nothing more than a ruin and not the welcoming kind of place you might think.
Built on the foundations of an old convent, Begars moves and sings with the biting wind. A shadowy woman moves along the corridors at night. There are dark places in the hidden tunnels beneath Begars. And they will not give up their secrets easily…
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Begars Abbey
Destination/Location: York Author: V.L. Valentine Departure: 1954
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