Download or read book Gentian Hill written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unable to bear the prospect of a life at sea, young Anthony O'Connell deserts his ship at Torquay and escapes into the Devonshire countryside under a new name. When Stella Sprigg, adopted daughter of a local farmer, encounters 'Zachary', the pair instantly know they are destined to be together. Intertwined with the local legend of St. Michael's Chapel, Stella and Zachary's story takes them from the secluded Devonshire valley to the perilous Mediterranean seas and finally to the poverty and squalor of eighteenth-century London.