England in 1839. A time of change, upheaval and limitless possibility. Every new mile of railroad track and every belching smokestack is a sign of the advancing age of opportunity, where fortune awaits those with the courage and determination to seize it. ""Lord John""...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-07-25

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Here are all the extremes of wealth and want, prudery and lust, charity and callousness, in an enthralling saga of two passionate families.Here is all the striving and triumph of the rich and the ruthless in the first flush of England's glorious Victorian age. At a time...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-07-25

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Ten heart-warming tales set during the post-war years, from an author at the top of her genre.Comprises: STEPPING STONES; LIGHTS OUT LIVERPOOL; PUT OUT THE FIRES; THROUGH THE STORM; LIVERPOOL ANNIE; DANCING IN THE DARK; THE GIRL FROM BAREFOOT HOUSE; LACEYS OF LIVERPOOL;...

Editeur : Orion
Parution : 2013-07-18

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The unconventional Miss Millie Ashton, recently arrived from India, finds England a cold and dismal place.The fashionable ladies of London society look down their noses at her and it isn't long before Millie is planning her return to the country she considers home. When...

Editeur : E-Penguin
Parution : 2013-07-10

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England, 1912 is a place of rigid rules. A chance meeting between scullery maid Lizzy Parker and heiress Evie Creswell is about to break them all . . . Their meeting leads to more than an enduring friendship and a new job for Lizzy - it draws her into a world of...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2013-07-04

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There were two subjects which lonely widower Edward de Salis never discussed: his dead wife and his family home in Ireland, 'matchless Cashelmara'. So when he meets Marguerite, a bright young American with whom he can talk freely about both, he is able to love again and...

Editeur : Sphere
Parution : 2013-06-06

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Set on a 19th century farm in rural Lancashire near Liverpool, this heartwarming saga is the story of Poppy Appleton, a girl who grew up in ignorance and poverty but has been adopted by a prosperous farmer's wife. At Long Reach farm, Eliza Goodall teaches Poppy all...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-05-23

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'A delightful, well researched story that really does depict nursing and the living conditions in the East End at the end of the war' Lesley PearseLondon is putting itself back together and twenty-five-year-old Millie is at the forefront of the effort as she tends to...

Editeur : Orion
Parution : 2013-05-23
Collection : Nurse Millie and Connie
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Be careful what you wish for . . .Living in poverty in the Kentish marshes, young Kate dreams of a life of abundance and riches in the castle that towers over her village. So when the beautiful Lady Evelyn descends, requesting Kate to be her personal maidservant at the...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-05-09

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A gripping story of romance, lovers and a life filled with intrigue . . .Warm-hearted and wilful, her temper as fiery as her beautiful auburn hair, Lady Penelope is a romantic heroine whose impulsive nature makes her as many enemies as her vivacious, flame-haired beauty...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-05-09

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Amy Brill's The Movement of Stars tells a story of illicit love and extraordinary ambition.It is 1845, and Hannah Gardner Price dreams of a world infinitely larger than the small Quaker community where she has lived all 25 years of her life - for, as an amateur...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2013-05-09

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'Moving, and vastly informative, a real page turner of a historical novel' FAY WELDONThe first instalment in Carol McGrath's captivating The Daughters of Hastings trilogy!'This novel is a marvellous mixture of historical fact and imagination... I would heartily...

Editeur : Headline Accent
Parution : 2013-05-02
Collection : The Daughters of Hastings Trilogy
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The second volume of the Anne saga, set in the world of Philippa Gregory's White Queen during the Wars of the Roses. Anne de Bohun has a dark secret. A secret that threatens her life, and the future of the kingdom of England itself. Raised as a peasant girl, Anne's gift...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-04-25

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The world of Philippa Gregory's White Queen seen from the point of view of her enemy: Edward IV's secret mistress.The Wars of the Roses come alive in the first volume of the Anne saga.The story begins in 1450, when civil unrest sweeps England and the struggle for the...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-04-25

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When Kate McPherson is only ten years old, she loses both her mother and her home. The man she knew as 'Uncle Edwin' has no place in his heart or life for his dead mistress's little girl. Kate becomes the ward of her aunt Sarah, her father's sister - a stern woman who...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-04-25

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Jenny Richardson believes that marriage is for ever. Her life centres around her husband Paul, her daughters - fifteen-year-old Wilma and ten-year-old Katy - and their Perthshire home. Then one day Paul destroys it all. He has fallen in love with glamorous Vera...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-04-25

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Like a dandelion seed adrift on the wayward winds, Marcelle de la Strange is an innocent in the decadent and dangerous London of James I.When her mother's violent death leaves Marcelle at the mercy of her lecherous stepfather, she can't help but be drawn to the dashing...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-04-25

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This captivating first novel by the author who has been called Scotland's answer to Catherine Cookson tells a story of love and ambition set in Lanarkshire in the 19th century. The Lanarkshire colliery village of Blacklaw is a harsh and unforgiving place, but it is home...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-04-25
Collection : Stalker Family Saga
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Portsmouth in the dark years of the first World War is the setting of Julia Bryant's first novel in her series about the Forrest women of Portsea.The day the Jutland telegrams arrive in Portsea, the lives of three women change dramatically. Miriam Slattery, the barmaid...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-04-11

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Julia Bryant's novel captures the indomitable spirit of Portsmouth as the second world war shatters streets- and the lives of the women who live there.   With the threat of World War II hovering over Nelson Street, family and friendship have never been more...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2013-04-11

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