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The Mauricewood devils

Alexander, Dorothy, 1958-2016
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63 men and boys are lost in a mining disaster. 36 are entombed, many of them alive; their bodies are not recovered for six months. The effects of this are recounted by the wife and daughter of one of the trapped miners in this literary historical novel, based on the real events which took place at Mauricewood in Penicuik, Midlothian, 1889-1890.
Main title:
The Mauricewood devils / Dorothy Alexander.
Imprint:
Glasgow : Freight, 2016.
Collation:
225 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781910449660 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92H
LC class:
PR6101.L4
Language:
English
Index terms:
PenicuikPitsMidlothianMining
BRN:
1369001
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