Bridge of Corvie

by Jane Fraser

Sophie came for a vacation - and found love...

175 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1956

About the author

Rosamunde Scott was born on 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK, daughter of Helen and Charles Scott, a British commander. Just before her birth her father was posted in Burma, her mother remained in England. She attended St. Clare's Polwithen and Howell's School Llandaff before going on to Miss Kerr-Sanders' Secretarial College. She began writing when she was seven, and published her first short story when she was 18. From 1943 through 1946, Pilcher served with the Women's Naval Service. On 7 December 1946, she married Graham Hope Pilcher, a war hero and jute industry executive who died in March 2009. They moved to Dundee, Scotland. They had two daughters and two sons, and fourteen grandchildren. Her son, Robin Pilcher, is also a novelist.

In 1949, her first book, a romance novel, was published by Mills & Boon, under the pseudonym Jane Fraser. She published a further ten novels under that name. In 1955, she also began writing under her married name Rosamunde Pilcher, by 1965 she her own name to all of her novels. In 1996, her novel Coming Home won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by Romantic Novelists' Association. She retired from writing in 2000. Two years later, she was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a wonderful read! I loved our main character, Sophie, and for a long while I wasn’t sure who her love interest would be….and it was a lovely surprise as it was slowly revealed. Plus it’s full of Rosamunde Pilcher’s beautiful descriptions, characters you love, and homes you want to move into. Perfect comfort reading.

[Rebekah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was much better than her earlier category-type romances, and one can see Rosamunde Pilcher's growth and development. Lovely and lovable characters abound deftly drawn by the author. In just a few words and details, we know them and either love them or dislike them. The heroine, Sophie, is charming and quite a strong character unlike many of RP's later female central characters. She did not have to grow or change because she is great from the very beginning.

Sophie comes on a vacation to Glencorvie, a small Scottish town, because her mother spent some very happy days there and fell in love with a young man who her father did not approve of. Throughout Sophie's life, her mother has talked of the little town in Scotland with affection and described it so beautifully that it has always called out to her. She wanted to meet the man her mother loved.

During her visit, Sophie sorts out a love affair that is starting to come apart, some troublesome gypsies, and a father and his two sons who are hopeless at taking care of themselves. In the process, she finds love herself. At first, you know exactly where this is going and how it is going to turn out. But by the end, it turns out you didn't after all. There are gentle surprises aplenty.

This is right on par with many of her little novels that came later in her career.