Publisher information
- Publisher: Blue Poppy Publishing
- ISBN: 9781837780549
- Number of pages: 340
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mm
- Weight: 340g
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Perfect for a book group as there are so many angles to debate!
I loved this book! I was completely enveloped into Jimmy's world of Devon around 1912. He is a fisherman and part of a crew that sails the smack boats for ... READ MORE
Beautifully researched
This book completely brings the history alive with so much detail that I felt I was there. Someone said it would make a good film- I agree it was so visual... READ MORE
Impressive Debut
Thoroughly researched, passionately written with exceptionally moving and gripping passages.
The dangerous life of a fishing smacksman is described vivid... READ MORE
This novel is not just a story, it’s an experience
This novel is not just a story, it’s an experience. Whether you are a history enthusiast or are looking for something that you can loose yourself in, I wou... READ MORE
A Spring Marrying - a great read
This novel reveals a fascinating aspect of one of the most dangerous jobs in Edwardian Britain. The book tells a tale of love kindled, found, lost again a... READ MORE
Smacks A Punch
The excitement of being aboard the Brixham smacks has been a fascinating historical glimpse into the tough life of its early 20th century fishermen. The m... READ MORE
A compelling tale of love, loss and intrigue on the brink of the Great War
Reading Jon Rosebank’s novel, A Spring Marrying, is to become immersed in the life, loves, and longings of Jimmy Blackridge, a deckhand on a fishing smack ... READ MORE
a powerful and original novel, carefully researched and richly imagined
A Spring Marrying is a powerful and original novel, carefully researched and richly imagined. It depicts the lost world of the smacksmen, as they were kno... READ MORE
A wonderfully exciting and moving read.
A wonderfully exciting and moving read. The author has the same deep empathy with his characters, male and female, good or bad, as Thomas Hardy has with hi... READ MORE
A totally immersive read
As soon as I started reading A Spring Marrying I was immediately drawn deep into the world of early Twentieth Century Brixham, a world where this harbour t... READ MORE
20th Century Hamlet
For 21-year-old deckhand (deckie), Jimmy Blackbridge, nothing and nobody is as it seems. He struggles to make decisions. For him there’s no black and white... READ MORE
A Masterful Historical Novel with a Strikingly Contemporary Feel
In an era of rising populism and political division, Jon Rosebank’s debut novel “A Spring Marrying” feels strikingly contemporary. This remarkable first wo... READ MORE
A remarkable story
"A Spring Marrying" by Jon Rosebank drew me into a world that I have been entirely unaware of. It is a haunting tale of love, danger and intrigue. Frequen... READ MORE
Deeply romantic, complex, and cinematic in scope
This is a remarkable book, immersing the reader in the sublime highs and tortured lows of a young man’s heart, yet is so much more than the love story the ... READ MORE
Love aborning: Seduced by empathy
This book grew on me as I became familiar with the people, places and lifestyles of Brixham. Rosebank’s construction of the world of the Brixham trawlers a... READ MORE
An incredible read with fabulous well drawn characters
It's an historical novel, a tale of young love and romance, and rip roaring sea adventure without once letting itself be categorised as any of those. From ... READ MORE
A remarkable novel – hugely readable and revelatory
A Spring Marrying tells the story of Jimmy Blackbridge, a deckhand on a Devon trawler in the years up to and into the First World War. A working-class orph... READ MORE
Powerful Story-telling
A Spring Marrying is a beautifully written and brilliantly researched book. It captures the incredibly hard lives of the men and women of Brixham just befo... READ MORE
I was hooked!
Hooked from beginning to end! Not being a native English speaker, I was somewhat apprehensive at the thought of tackling the idiom of Brixham fishermen. I ... READ MORE
An excellent read!
Evocative and compelling, Jon Rosebank’s ‘A Spring Marrying’ brings early 20th century Devon thrillingly to life. The novel is both a gripping read and a r... READ MORE
A Remarkable Achievement
Historical fiction makes extraordinary demands on an author's sensibility: how does one bring people of a specific time and place within the orbit of the r... READ MORE
Spellbound
I was completely spellbound by this novel. An amazing experience, and a real introduction into the life of a smacksman in the early 20th century. I felt as... READ MORE
Beautiful work
Excellent characterisations and beautiful descriptions of seascapes and landscapes, very much enjoyed.
Have strongly recommended A Spring Marrying to my s... READ MORE
A book club must
We read this in our book club and it was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Our discussions were wide ranging: the story telling, the glorious and evocative settin... READ MORE
It took me directly there... completely compelling to the very end
This story of a deckhand called Jimmy is set in the fishing port of Brixham just prior to the “Great War”. It took me directly there into the harsh world o... READ MORE
A maritime tragedy which stirs to the core.
A tightly wrought tale with complex and constantly evolving characters; the plot unfolds with gritty realism, secrets and suspense. The fickle moods of wea... READ MORE
A spring marrying
A rich and powerful evocation of the life of the smackmen (trawler fishermen) working out of Brixham in the years leading up to the First World War. The e... READ MORE
A good read
An enjoyable story - immersive, with unexpected twists.
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