Annie of Ainsworth’s Mill

Author(s): Katie Hutton

Location(s): Ireland, Cumbria

Genre(s): Historical, Fiction

Era(s): Victorian - Edwardian

1897: Young Annie Maguire is leaving the only home she has ever known, the family farm in County Down. Driven away by poverty and the death of Annie’s mother, she and her beloved father are looking for a place to start again and settle in Cleator Moor, Cumberland.

Robert McClure also grew up in County Down. The illegitimate son of a land agent and the cook from the big house, he spent his childhood being moved from pillar to post, never sure who he was or where he belonged. That is until he found himself in Cleator Moor and is invited to join the Orange Order.

On the 12th of July, day of the Orange March, Annie and Robert meet. Sparks instantly fly, but Annie has been brought up Catholic and is devoted to her community and religion. Brought together by chance, but with backgrounds worlds apart, Annie and Robert will have to fight to be together. But can their love really survive when the weight of the community is against them?

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