Never look back
Matilda was a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saved the life of Tabitha, a minister's daughter. Drawn into the bosom of Tabitha's family, Matilda is given the opportunity of a lifetime. She is taken from the London slums to the darkest corners of New York, then the plains of the Wild West and San Francisco's gold rush. Streetwise and strong-willed, Matilda forges a new life for herself and Tabitha, and encounters Captain James Ru...