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Battles at Thrush Green

by Miss Read · 1975

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Feelings are running high in the Cotswold village of Thrush Green. The rector's plan for the neglected churchyard doesn't meet with universal approval; there is a clash of personalities at the local school; and someone has returned to the village after an absence of fifty years.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiscozy mysterycozy mysteryMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of this
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EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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