Download or read book The Sound of Coaches written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One stormy December night some time in the eighteenth century, a coach came thundering down the long hill outside of Dorking on its usual journey into London. But something unusual was to happen that night as one of the passengers unexpectedly gave birth to a child. Not until he was eight did Sam Chichester discover that the coachman and guard he called 'Ma and 'Pa' were not his real parents. Sam will need to grow up, leave home, and find love before he will finally uncover the truth about his parentage.