Annie

Annie Swinburn had killed a man - the killing was well-deserved for Francis Morton had been evil in every possible way. But Annie knew that however justified her crime only the rope and the gibbet awaited her. And so she ran to a new and unfamiliar territory which was to lead her into a new and unfamiliar life. Her first refuge was with Toby Linton well-born estranged from his father and - with his brother Matt - earning a dangerous living as a smuggler. Annie led a double life as smuggler as as a pedlar roaming the remote countryside of the Wolds. It was this new existence which led her once more into allowing herself to love in spite of all the things that had gone before.