The Enchanted: a wonderfully uplifting story of a special friendship that runs incredibly deep from bestselling author Charlotte Bingham
By (Author) Charlotte Bingham
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
1st October 2008
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Horse racing
823.914
Paperback
576
Width 127mm, Height 198mm, Spine 35mm
388g
Another compelling novel from Charlotte Bingham about horse racing - a world she knows well. Exciting and dramatic but tender and heartfelt; this is a novel that you will return to again and again. From the million copy and Sunday Times bestselling author Charlotte Bingham, for fans of Louise Douglas and Dinah Jeffries. 'A galloping read...Bingham relishes her period detail and social comedy and adds a touch of whimsy' -- SUNDAY TIMES 'Mesmerising' -- ***** Reader review 'I was hooked from beginning to end' -- ***** Reader review 'Held me enthralled' -- ***** Reader review 'LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT!' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************************************* AN UNBREAKBLE BOND CAN LEAD TO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS When Kathleen finds a mare in foal, she and her father take him in, despite the fact that they can barely afford to feed her. Tragically the mare dies, leaving an orphan that they name The Enchanted. As the young horse grows up among Ireland's lush pastures, Kathleen loses her heart to him... But as Kathleen has always feared The Enchanted must be sold. Rory James and his father take a chance on the little horse in the hope of improving the fortune of their run-down racing yard. But luck does not run Rory's way when The Enchanted mysteriously sickens. It seems that only Kathleen can help. And it is only under her care that The Enchanted is able to live up to his name and astonishing things start to happen to all those around him.
A galloping read...Bingham relishes her period detail and social comedy and adds a touch of whimsy -- SUNDAY TIMES
Charlotte Bingham comes from a literary family - her father sold a story to H. G. Wells when he was only seventeen - and Charlotte wrote her autobiography, Coronet Among the Weeds, at the age of nineteen. Since then she has written comedy and drama series, films and plays for both England and America with her husband, the actor and playwright Terence Brady. Her most recent novels include the highly acclaimed bestsellers In Distant Fields, The White Marriage and Goodnight Sweetheart.