Catherine Cookson: 3 Complete Novels

by Catherine Cookson

These enchanting historical romances from an enormously popular storyteller span centuries in richly detailed studies of life and love in the English countryside. Includes The Love Child, The Maltese Angel and The Year of the Virgins. (Historical Fiction)768 pp. 6 1/8 x 9 1/4.

808 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, who Catherine believed was her older sister. Catherine began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and married Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master.

Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer - her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award for the best regional novel of 1968 - her readership quickly spread throughout the world, and her many best-selling novels established her as one of the most popular contemporary woman novelist. She received an OBE in 1985, was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993, and was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1997.

For many years she lived near Newcastle upon Tyne.

Reviews

[Cassie · Rating 4 out of 5]

love these classics

[Tara Chevrestt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cookson fans may be a bit disappointed with the Cultured Handmaiden, a story that takes place in the 1970s. I know I was. The other two novels warrant about 3 stars apiece.. You will like them, but they won't blow you away.

[Sandra Sparkler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Catherine Cookson's books bring back sweet memories!

[Margaret Vaughan · Rating 4 out of 5]

brilliant another classic. 10/2/15