The Light Among Us

The Story of Elizabeth Carne, Cornwall

by Jill George with John Dirring

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Pub Date Aug 09 2022 | Archive Date Sep 09 2022

Atmosphere Press

Historical Fiction

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Description

Elizabeth Carne is torn apart by the conflicts of the English class system: local poverty; her love of Henry, a man from “the lower order;” and her role as an heiress.

As a woman without a college education, she struggles to gain credibility in her father’s banks as she tries to maintain her family’s long legacy of wealth and philanthropy. Amid lies, murder, smuggling, famine, and restrictive social norms, Elizabeth fights for her love of Henry, the local miners, and fisherman. Meanwhile, the failure of the mining industry looms over her like an ominous storm.

Jill George’s meticulously researched and gripping story uncovers the joys and sorrows of a brave and brilliant woman’s mission to overcome the class system to create a more unified and prosperous region, country, and world.

Elizabeth Carne is torn apart by the conflicts of the English class system: local poverty; her love of Henry, a man from “the lower order;” and her role as an heiress.

As a woman without a college...

A Note From the Publisher

Jill George, Ph.D., is an industrial psychologist who has worked in the organizational and leadership consulting space for thirty years. As part of this work, she has travelled the world extensively and met with thousands of leaders. She has published several books and many articles on leadership in engaging work cultures. She employs her competency and assessment skills to build deep and intriguing profiles for her characters. Jill has been a lifelong history enthusiast and lover of all things Victorian. She has been thrilled to partner with
true historian, John Dirring, Ph.D., of Devon, UK, on this project. Her next novel is called Illuminating Darwin: Arabella Buckley’s Story about the only woman who was a close friend to and discussant with Charles Darwin. Jill lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband and three teenage children, whom she adores. You can find many photos and videos from her research for this novel and her next novel on her website www.JillGeorgeAuthor.com, Instagram @jillgeorgeauthor, and on twitter @jillgeorgeauth1.

Jill George, Ph.D., is an industrial psychologist who has worked in the organizational and leadership consulting space for thirty years. As part of this work, she has travelled the world extensively...

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A Note From the Publisher

Jill George, Ph.D., is an industrial psychologist who has worked in the organizational and leadership consulting space for thirty years. As part of this work, she has travelled the world extensively and met with thousands of leaders. She has published several books and many articles on leadership in engaging work cultures. She employs her competency and assessment skills to build deep and intriguing profiles for her characters. Jill has been a lifelong history enthusiast and lover of all things Victorian. She has been thrilled to partner with
true historian, John Dirring, Ph.D., of Devon, UK, on this project. Her next novel is called Illuminating Darwin: Arabella Buckley’s Story about the only woman who was a close friend to and discussant with Charles Darwin. Jill lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband and three teenage children, whom she adores. You can find many photos and videos from her research for this novel and her next novel on her website www.JillGeorgeAuthor.com, Instagram @jillgeorgeauthor, and on twitter @jillgeorgeauth1.

Advance Praise

“In her debut novel, George brings forward the home- educated Cornish daughter of a prominent Land’s End mining family. Elizabeth C.T. Carne emerges as an unforgettable and challenging character in 19th century social history. How surprising that most of the main issues of her time still ring true, presenting us with the path from Mary Wollstonecraft to roles for the ‘new woman.’ An excellent and inspiring read!”

- Melissa Hardie, Director, The Hypathia Trust and Women in Words

“We welcome this book which throws a new and extremely well researched, though fictionalised, light on the life of Elizabeth Carne, who was an important civic and social scientist in the Victorian life of Penzance. As a mineralogist, she was the first woman to be elected to the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and to present learned papers, as told in this intriguing novel.”

- Loveday Jenkin, V.P., The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall

"The Light Among Us explores the life and legacy of a forgotten pioneer in the struggle for women’s equality in the workplace, public education for all, and social justice...a great choice for a book club."

-Independent Book Review