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  • Location: Cornwall

Secrets of the Bees

Secrets of the Bees

Why a Booktrail?

2000s: Time has forgotten this remote corner of West Cornwall, and left its many secrets undisturbed. Until now…

  • ISBN: 978-1804546260
  • Genre: Fiction, Historical

What you need to know before your trail

Ezra Curnow has lived in the little cottage on the Trengrose estate all his life. He was born there, as was his father, and his grandfather before that. It is his own little paradise.

Then the mistress of the estate, Eliza Rosevear, dies without leaving a will, and the cottage’s ownership is put into question. Trengrose’s charm soon attracts London financier Toby and his wife Minty, and Toby immediately sniffs an opportunity to rent out Ezra’s cottage to tourists. But Ezra, a wily old chap, is prepared to battle to save his beloved home, and he has a number of secret weapons in his armoury.

As Toby resorts to more drastic measures, Ezra’s case looks increasingly hopeless. But the recently deceased mistress of Trengrose took some secrets to her grave too, and she doesn’t intend to rest quietly until they come to light…

Travel Guide

Cornwall and Penzance

The house and area of Trengrose is fictional but it’s somewhere very close to Penzance as this town is mentioned a lot in the novel. It’s where someone gets their bike fixed and Kerris, where Ezra walks is very close by.

There are Celtic stones mentioned and there are a few of them in the county!

 

BookTrail Boarding Pass: Secrets of the Bees

Destination/location: ” Trengrose”, Cornwall, Penzance  Author/guide: Jane Johnson Departure Time: 2025

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