The Bride of Lowther Fell: A Romance

by Margaret Forster

Unsure of her ability to cope with her new responsibilities, thirty-one-yearold Alexandra Grove moves to northern Cumbria with her newly orphaned nephew, determined to create a new life despite the harsh and alien environment

Genres: Fiction

310 pages, Hardcover

First published April 29, 1982

About the author

Margaret Forster was educated at the Carlisle and County High School for Girls. From here she won an Open Scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford where in 1960 she was awarded an honours degree in History.

From 1963 Margaret Forster worked as a novelist, biographer and freelance literary critic, contributing regularly to book programmes on television, to Radio 4 and various newpapers and magazines.

Forster was married to the writer, journalist and broadcaster Hunter Davies. They lived in London. and in the Lake District. They had three children, Caitlin, Jake and Flora.

Reviews

[Lynn Hutchinson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very odd book, shan’t rush to read another by this author, so totally unbelievable.

[Helen Birkbeck · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love the descriptions of the scenery but the heroine was a most unattractive character who had few redeeming features and seemed to treat everyone and everything with contempt - for me it is hard to enjoy a book with a protagonist like that. It was not really a romance either, as her attitude to relationships annoyed me beyond words.

I hope Lake District locals are not the way they are portrayed here, as largely downtrodden serf-like women and rough, brutish men! The few characters who were interesting just faded out and I would have liked to know more about David and Roger, but their stories just ended.

[Joanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book kept me up too late. A very interesting tale.