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Two girls are brought together under the worst of circumstances: a prison ship taking them from London to'parts beyond the sea'. Miriam is a Romany girl drawn from freedom in the hills of the North-West to the city to eke a living playing her tin-whistle in a place where her people are despised. When her mother dies - from cholera, the'gypsy disease'- she's caught breaking-and-entering and sentenced to transportation. Rose has been brought up to expect more, but when her husband dies and her father is sent down for illegal slave-trading, she's separated from her children and forced to take a governess's job. When she's caught stealing, the judge shows no mercy. Surviving - just - an appalling voyage, the two arrive just after Christmas into the blinding sun of the strange new island: Van Dieman's Land. Here they are sent to work in a nursery, where women of ill-repute give birth before being sent for correction. The nursery is run by a corrupt, debauched Reverend and his idealistic son, who soon takes a fancy to Miriam. But Rose, her best friend and close confidant, watches jealously and makes plans to reverse their fortunes. The Night Flower takes the reader on a thrilling Dickens

Who reads The Night Flower?

Author

Sarah Stovell

Publisher

London: Tindal Street Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781906994402

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History

Rating

3.32 / 5 (43 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14