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A Mother’s Sorrow
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In Secrets at Bletchley Park by Margaret Dickinson, two young women
from very different backgrounds meet in the Second World War and
are plunged into a life where security and discretion are
paramount. But both have secrets of their own to hide . . . In
1929, life for ten-year-old Mattie Price, born and raised in the
back streets of Sheffield, is tough. With a petty thief for a
father and a mother who turns to the bottle to cope with her
husband's brutish ways, it is left to the young girl and her
brother, Joe, to feed and care for their three younger siblings.
But Mattie has others rooting for her too. The Spencer family, who
live at the top of the same street, and Mattie's teachers recognize
that the girl is clever beyond her years and they, and Joe, are
determined that she shall have the opportunity in life she
deserves. Victoria Hamilton, living in the opulence of London's
Kensington, has all the material possessions that a young girl
could want. But her mother, Grace, a widow from the Great War, is
cold and distant, making no secret of the fact that she never
wanted a child. Grace lives her life in the social whirl of
upper-class society, leaving Victoria in the care of her governess
and the servants. At eleven years old, Victoria is sent to boarding
school where, for the first time in her young life, she is able to
make friends of her own age. Mattie and Victoria are both set on a
path that will bring them together at Bletchley Park in May 1940.
An unlikely friendship between the two young women is born and
together they will face the rest of the war keeping the nation's
secrets and helping to win the fight. They can tell no one, not
even their families, about their work or even where they are. But
keeping secrets is second nature to both of them . . .
Wartime Friends is a tale of unbreakable bonds in times of strife,
by bestselling author Margaret Dickinson. It is 1940s coastal
Lincolnshire and Carolyn Holmes is keen to do what she can for the
war effort. Raised on the family farm, she is prevented by her
mother from going to secretarial college. Phyllis Carter, a widow
from the Great War, lives close by with her son, Peter, who works
on the farm. Peter and Carolyn are great friends but do not see a
future together, although it is the dearest wish of both mothers to
see them marry. After their home town is caught in an air raid,
Peter decides to volunteer - to the distress of his mother - and
Carolyn leaves to join the ATS, where she meets Beryl Morley, who
will become a lifelong friend. Carolyn and Beryl are posted to
Beaumanor Hall as 'listeners', the most difficult of signals
intelligence gathering, intercepting enemy messages which are then
sent to Bletchley Park for deciphering. As the war unfolds and
their work becomes even more vital, Carolyn and Beryl's friendship
strengthens and, in the dangerous times that follow, they will both
need the support of the other as they face personal troubles of
their own and the lives of those they love are put at risk.
‘I’m going to live in that house, Dad. One day I’ll be
mistress of Thornsby Manor . . .’ It is 1910 in the Lincolnshire
Wolds. Young Rosie Waterhouse lives with her father, Sam, well
known as the local poacher, in a cottage on the Thornsby estate.
The land is owned by William Ramsey, a harsh and heartless man who
is determined his only son, Byron, should marry well and produce an
heir. Rosie is quick to learn the tricks of her father’s trade
and it’s when she’s poaching fish from the estate’s stream
that she meets Byron. They continue to meet in secret over the
coming months and, as their friendship blossoms, they recognize
that, despite their vastly different backgrounds, they are destined
to be together. When William learns of their bond, he stops at
nothing to ensure that they never meet again. As the years pass and
the threat of war becomes a reality, Sam is involved in a tragic
incident that will affect both his and Rosie’s lives more than
they could ever have imagined. Life will never be the same in
Thornsby, but will Rosie find the happiness she yearns for?
The famous swimming Ladies of Hampstead ponds bring us their
favourite walks with a dip in London and south east England, all
accessible by train. Featuring secret lakes, river meadows and
sandy seaside beaches, this is the perfect way to escape the city
and leave the car at home this summer.
Family and friendship mean everything under the darkening skies of
wartime Britain. The Spitfire Sisters is the third book in Margaret
Dickinson's moving Maitland trilogy. It is the 1930s and the
Maitland family have spent the years following the Great War
struggling to come to terms with its catastrophic aftermath, and
their hopes now lie with the next generation. Their Lincolnshire
village of Doddington suffered terrible loss and it has taken great
courage for the bereaved families to rebuild their lives without
their loved ones. When war is declared again, it is Daisy Maitland
and her peers who must now take up the fight for freedom. Feisty
and a daredevil like her beloved Aunt Pips, who spent World War One
on the front line serving with a flying ambulance corps, Daisy had
persuaded a family friend to teach her to fly as a young woman. Now
her country is at war, she is determined to put her skills to good
use, enlisting in the Air Transport Auxiliary. There she forges new
friendships - but she never forgets her childhood friend and
cousin, Luke, who has joined the RAF as a fighter pilot. As war
rages in the skies and on the ground, Daisy, her friends and her
family - at home and across the Channel - will find their bravery
and strength tested to the very limits in their determination to
save their country. And they have learned one of the most valuable
lessons of all: true love will find a way.
In Secrets at Bletchley Park by Margaret Dickinson, two young women
from very different backgrounds meet in the Second World War and
are plunged into a life where security and discretion are
paramount. But both have secrets of their own to hide . . . In
1929, life for ten-year-old Mattie Price, born and raised in the
back streets of Sheffield, is tough. With a petty thief for a
father and a mother who turns to the bottle to cope with her
husband's brutish ways, it is left to the young girl and her
brother, Joe, to feed and care for their three younger siblings.
But Mattie has others rooting for her too. The Spencer family, who
live at the top of the same street, and Mattie's teachers recognize
that the girl is clever beyond her years and they, and Joe, are
determined that she shall have the opportunity in life she
deserves. Victoria Hamilton, living in the opulence of London's
Kensington, has all the material possessions that a young girl
could want. But her mother, Grace, a widow from the Great War, is
cold and distant, making no secret of the fact that she never
wanted a child. Grace lives her life in the social whirl of
upper-class society, leaving Victoria in the care of her governess
and the servants. At eleven years old, Victoria is sent to boarding
school where, for the first time in her young life, she is able to
make friends of her own age. Mattie and Victoria are both set on a
path that will bring them together at Bletchley Park in May 1940.
An unlikely friendship between the two young women is born and
together they will face the rest of the war keeping the nation's
secrets and helping to win the fight. They can tell no one, not
even their families, about their work or even where they are. But
keeping secrets is second nature to both of them . . .
‘I’m going to live in that house, Dad. One day I’ll be
mistress of Thornsby Manor . . .’ It is 1910 in the Lincolnshire
Wolds. Young Rosie Waterhouse lives with her father, Sam, well
known as the local poacher, in a cottage on the Thornsby estate.
The land is owned by William Ramsey, a harsh and heartless man who
is determined his only son, Byron, should marry well and produce an
heir. Rosie is quick to learn the tricks of her father’s trade
and it’s when she’s poaching fish from the estate’s stream
that she meets Byron. They continue to meet in secret over the
coming months and, as their friendship blossoms, they recognize
that, despite their vastly different backgrounds, they are destined
to be together. When William learns of their bond, he stops at
nothing to ensure that they never meet again. As the years pass and
the threat of war becomes a reality, Sam is involved in a tragic
incident that will affect both his and Rosie’s lives more than
they could ever have imagined. Life will never be the same in
Thornsby, but will Rosie find the happiness she yearns for?
The Buffer Girls is an inspiring tale of love, heartache and
ambition from bestselling author Margaret Dickinson. It is 1920 in
the Derbyshire dales. The Ryan family are adjusting to life now
that the war is over. Walter has returned home a broken man and so
it falls to his son and daughter, Josh and Emily, to keep the
family candle-making business going. The Ryan children grew up with
Amy Clark, daughter of the village blacksmith, and Thomas 'Trip'
Trippett, whose father owns a cutlery business in Sheffield.
Romance blossoms for Josh and Amy while Emily falls in love with
Trip, but she is unsure if the feeling is mutual. Martha Ryan is
fiercely ambitious for her son and so she uproots her family to
Sheffield, but all Josh wants is to continue the family business
and marry Amy. As the Ryans do their best to adapt to city life,
their friendly neighbour, Lizzie, helps Emily find employment as a
Buffer Girl polishing cutlery at a local factory. It turns out that
it is Emily who is best equipped to forge a career but, as time
goes on, problems and even dangers arise that the Ryan family could
not possibly have foreseen.
The Poppy Girls is the first title in The Maitland Trilogy, by
bestselling author Margaret Dickinson. Even amidst the horror of
the trenches, friendship will survive . . . Thwarted in her desire
to become a doctor like her brother Robert, Pips Maitland rebels
against her mother's wishes that she settle down and raise
children. However, when Robert brings home a friend from medical
school, Giles Kendall, it seems perhaps Pips might fall in love
with an acceptable suitor after all. But the year is 1914 and the
future is uncertain. Hearing that her father's friend, Dr John
Hazelwood, is forming a flying ambulance corps to take to the front
lines, Pips is determined to become one of its nurses and asks
Alice Dawson, her maid, to go with her. Robert and Giles offer
their services as doctors, and Alice's brother William joins them
as a stretcher bearer. Nothing could have prepared them for the
horrific sights they encounter. Moving their unit close to the
fighting to offer first aid as quickly as possible puts them all in
constant danger. But even amidst the barrage of shelling and
gunfire, the unending stream of injured being brought to their
post, the love between Pips and Giles survives and blossoms just
like the poppies of Flanders fields. Fans of Dilly Court and Rosie
Goodwin will love The Poppy Girls. Continue the story of the
Maitland family with The Brooklands Girls.
The first in her much-loved Fleethaven Trilogy, Margaret
Dickinson's Plough the Furrow begins the story of Esther, and her
determination and dedication to the Lincolnshire farm land.
Lincolnshire, 1910. Shunned by her own family, desperate for work
and a place to stay, Esther Everatt walks through the night to Sam
Brumby's farm, seeking the chance to earn her keep. Reluctantly,
the old man takes her on. Able to work alongside any man, Esther
soon earns Sam's grudging respect and affection, and at last feels
she has found a home she can call her own. But her peace and
security are cruelly shattered when old Sam dies: as a woman, she
has no right to inherit the lease on the farm. Believing that her
passion lies solely with the land and a place of her own, Esther
prepares to risk everything to secure her future - seeking marriage
with a local farmhand. But as war arrives to dash the hopes of a
generation, Esther begins to discover that it is only the truest of
love that can survive the passing of the seasons . . . Continue the
tale of love in Lincolnshire with Sow the Seed and Reap the
Harvest.
A compelling saga from Margaret Dickinson, Fairfield Hall charts
the changing fortunes of Annabel Constantine, in the devastating
lead up to the First World War. Ruthlessly ambitious Ambrose
Constantine is determined that his daughter, Annabel, shall marry
into the nobility. A fish merchant and self-made man, he has only
his wealth to buy his way into society. When Annabel's secret
meetings with Gilbert, a young man employed at her father's
offices, stop suddenly, she learns that he has mysteriously
disappeared. Heartbroken, she finds solace with her grandparents on
their Lincolnshire farm, but her father will not allow her to hide
herself in the countryside and enlists the help of a business
connection to launch his daughter into society. During the London
Season, Annabel is courted by James Lyndon, the Earl of Fairfield,
whose country estate is only a few miles from her grandfather's
farm. Believing herself truly loved at last, Annabel accepts his
offer of marriage. It is only when she arrives at Fairfield Hall
that she realizes the true reason behind James's proposal and the
part her scheming father has played. Throughout the years that
follow, Annabel experiences both heartache and joy, and the birth
of her son should finally secure the future of the Fairfield
Estate. But there are others who lay claim to the inheritance
igniting a feud that will only reach its resolution in the trenches
of the First World War.
Family and friendship mean everything under the darkening skies of
wartime Britain, by Sunday Times bestselling author Margaret
Dickinson. It is the 1930s and the Maitland family have spent the
years following the Great War struggling to come to terms with its
catastrophic aftermath, and their hopes now lie with the next
generation. Their Lincolnshire village of Doddington suffered
terrible loss and it has taken great courage for the bereaved
families to rebuild their lives without their loved ones. When war
is declared again, it is Daisy Maitland and her peers who must now
take up the fight for freedom. Feisty and a daredevil like her
beloved Aunt Pips, who spent World War One on the front line
serving with a flying ambulance corps, Daisy had persuaded a family
friend to teach her to fly as a young woman. Now her country is at
war, she is determined to put her skills to good use, enlisting in
the Air Transport Auxiliary. There she forges new friendships - but
she never forgets her childhood friend and cousin, Luke, who has
joined the RAF as a fighter pilot. As war rages in the skies and on
the ground, Daisy, her friends and her family - at home and across
the Channel - will find their bravery and strength tested to the
very limits in their determination to save their country. And they
have learned one of the most valuable lessons of all: true love
will find a way.
Red Sky in the Morning is an unputdownable historical story from
Margaret Dickinson, richly evocative of the Lincolnshire landscape.
A young girl stands alone in the cobbled marketplace of a small
Lincolnshire town, bedraggled, soaked through and very afraid. Who
is she? Where has she come from and from whom is she running away?
No one knows or cares. Only kindly farmer Eddie Appleyard
recognizes something in the girl that touches his heart. In a
drunken haze and scarcely realizing what he is doing, Eddie takes
her home. Eddie hides the girl in the hayloft and, later, in a
tumbledown shepherd's cottage that becomes her new home. Anna's
arrival will change their lives; Eddie's, his wife Bertha's and
even that of their young son, Tony, torn between his warring
parents and the mysterious stranger. It will take years for the
secrets of Anna's former life to be revealed, but Bertha bides her
time and awaits her moment, little realizing the tragedy her
vengeance will unleash.
Suffragette Girl is an heart-wrenching tale of love and liberty by
the author of The Clippie Girls, Margaret Dickinson. When Florrie
Maltby defies her father by refusing to marry Gervase Richards, she
sets off a chain of events that will alter her life. Instead she
goes to London and becomes involved with the suffragette movement.
She's imprisoned for her militant actions, and goes on hunger
strike. With her health deteriorating, there is one person who can
save her - Gervase. After a brief stay in the countryside to
recuperate, Florrie returns to London to continue her fight for
women's rights. Only the outbreak of the Great War puts a halt to
her activities. It is when James, her younger brother, is shamed by
their father into volunteering, that Florrie enlists as a nurse and
is sent to the Front. Amidst the fear and horror of the hospital
close to the trenches, she finds love. But when her beloved brother
is accused of desertion, help comes from a very unexpected source.
Concluding the Fleethaven Trilogy, in Reap the Harvest, Margaret
Dickinson brings the 1950s vividly to life with a story of secrets
and love, buried under years of pride and misunderstanding.
Following the disastrous floods of 1953, Ella Hilton is compelled
to live at Brumbys' Farm with her grandmother, Esther, and is soon
acutely aware of the mysterious surrounding her family's past. As
Ella grows up and falls in love herself, the story of three
generations of women - Esther, Kate and Ella - comes full circle
and history seems destined to repeat itself in tragedy.
Margaret Dickinson's Pauper's Gold is the heartfelt story of
triumph over adversity, in the cotton mills of Derbyshire. Hannah
Francis has been forced to leave her beloved mother and the life
she knows in the silk mill town of Macclesfield and is set to
become an apprentice at a cotton mill in the Derbyshire dales. It
is a cruel blow for such a young girl, but her three travelling
companions are even younger than she is, and Hannah is determined
to keep their spirits up and remain in good cheer. Once she is
settled in the mill, Hannah discovers that the hours of work are
long, and the daily routine is dangerous, arduous and harsh, but
her bright singing and capacity for joy lighten the load for
everyone. Hannah soon becomes a favourite with the other mill
workers. Friendships are forged and an innocent love starts to
blossom. But can such a fragile love survive cruel reality? It is
not long before she attracts the eye of Edmund Critchlow, the man
who owns them all, body and soul - the man from whom no pretty mill
girl is safe. Times are hard in the cotton industry as civil war
rages across America affecting even the mill owner and the lives of
all his workers . . .
The second part of the Fleethaven Trilogy, Sow the Seed is a moving
and evocative wartime saga from Margaret Dickinson. Lincolnshire,
1926. Kate Hilton is devastated when her mother tells her she is to
be sent away to boarding school. For the more Esther tries to keep
her from her childhood sweetheart, Danny, the more determined she
is to marry him. It isn't until she is eighteen, and finally told
the bitter truth about her family's past, that Kate is forced to
see why she and Danny can never marry. Torn apart by these
revelations, Kate finds unexpected release with the outbreak of
war, when she leaves Fleethaven Point to become a driver in the
WAAF. In the chaos and destruction of the war years, Kate will
witness many things. For as well as all the pain, suffering and
loss, she will experience her first taste of a love that finally
allows her to leave the past behind . . . The Fleethaven Trilogy
concludes with Reap the Harvest.
Tangled Threads is a gripping romantic saga from Margaret
Dickinson. For Eveleen Hardcastle life gets no better than growing
up on Pear Tree Farm in the Lincolnshire countryside. Her family
works hard for the Dunsmore estate and Eveleen finds it impossible
to resist the charms of their employer's son, Stephen Dunsmore. But
Jimmy, ever quick to antagonize, ensures that his sister's
clandestine trysts do not remain so for long. Mary Hardcastle
reacts to the news of her daughter's affair with a shocking
ferocity, which seems to be born more of bitterness than maternal
protectiveness. But what is it that fuels Mary's resentment towards
her daughter? Unable to ignore her own feelings, Eveleen continues
to meet Stephen in secret. But deception has a cruel price to pay
when her beloved father is found dead from a heart attack. And
worse yet, Stephen, far from providing Eveleen with the comfort she
craves, deserts her in her hour of need and callously evicts the
Hardcastles from the farm. Suddenly homeless, Eveleen is left to
take the family reins and she fights to make a new life for her
family in Nottinghamshire. And then she makes a stunning discovery
about her mother's past which changes all their lives for ever . .
. Continue the story of the Hardcastle family with the sequel
Twisted Strands.
The follow-up to Tangled Threads, Margaret Dickinson's Twisted
Strands follows the dramatic highs and lows of the Hardcastle
family as they endure the upheaval caused by war. It is 1914, and
Eveleen Hardcastle, now in in her early thirties, has married
Richard. As the First World War breaks out, Eveleen, a
sophisticated young woman, is left to manage the factory while
Richard goes off to fight for his country. Eveleen's mother Mary
has found happiness at last in her marriage to Josh. Her young
granddaughter, Bridie, still lives at home, and is beautiful, but
has a spirited, strong will which her grandmother finds hard to
control. Bridie is secretly besotted with her godfather, Andrew,
whom she is convinced she will marry when she is older. While the
war plays out, Bridie becomes a nurse, looking after wounded
soldiers billeted in the local Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire
stately homes and there finds a vocation that is both rewarding and
gives her a maturity beyond her years . . .
There are some things which even the closest friendship cannot
survive . . . Welcome Home is an enthralling and moving drama from
bestselling author Margaret Dickinson, set during the Second World
War. Neighbours Edie Kelsey and Lil Horton have been friends for
over twenty years, sharing the joys and sorrows of a tough life as
the wives of fishermen in Grimsby. So it was no surprise that their
children were close and that Edie's son, Frank, and Lil's daughter,
Irene, would fall in love and marry at a young age. But the
declaration of war in 1939 changed everything. Frank went off to
fight, and Irene and baby, Tommy, along with Edie's youngest son
are sent to the countryside for safety. With Edie's husband,
Archie, fishing the dangerous waters in the North Sea and daughter
Beth in London doing 'important war work', Edie's family is torn
apart. Friendship sustains Edie and Lil, but tragedy follows and
there's also concern that Beth seems to have disappeared. But it is
Irene's return, during the VE day celebrations, that sends shock
waves through the family and threatens to tear Edie and Lil's
friendship apart forever.
Set twenty years after the dramatic events that unfolded in
Abbeyford, Abbeyford Inheritance is the second volume in the moving
and powerful saga from Margaret Dickinson. Lynwood felt a strange
constriction in his chest. No! No - it wasn't possible! Caroline
had come back . . . But this is 1815; Caroline had eloped in
disgrace twenty years earlier, and the girl now standing before him
speaks with a low husky drawl and an accent from America. Adelina
Cole. Her daughter. Returned to Abbeyford in search of a
grandfather she has never seen, and the estate which she, as
closest living relative, has every right to inherit. Except that
Lord Royston cannot bring himself to see Adelina - her disturbing
beauty reminds too many people of the past. Reluctantly taken in by
distant cousins, Adelina believes she has found an ally in Emily
Langley and her betrothed, the handsome, ruthless Wallis Trent. A
man with old scores to settle, Trent knows Lord Royston altered his
will to make Emily the main beneficiary. But Adelina's return
changes everything - perhaps now his hand may be more profitably
played elsewhere? And there is Francis, Earl of Lynwood - the man
who first discovered Adelina. He once adored her mother and now
cannot forget the face which threatens his peace of mind again . .
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Joseph Miller is a proud man, so when his daughter, Sarah, becomes
lady's maid to Lady Caroline up at Abbeyford Grange, he is very
resentful - just at the time when local landowners are planning to
destroy the last vestiges of villagers' independence by enclosure
of the common land. And when Sarah falls in love with the squire's
son it seems that their romance can only end in a tragedy which
will destroy the Miller family. Meanwhile, Lady Caroline's wilful
nature leads her into a clandestine romance with gentle Thomas
Cole. Nothing and no one must stand in her way, not even Lynwood,
the fourteen-year-old boy who loves her devotedly. But, like Sarah,
will she bow to the pressures of family and friends, or will she
take what she wants, regardless of the consequences? The first in
the Abbeyford Trilogy, Abbeyford is a heart-warming historical
romance by Margaret Dickinson.
Sweeping from the early 1920s through to the end of World War II,
Sons and Daughters by Margaret Dickinson is a compelling,
traditional saga set against the Lincolnshire landscape that
Margaret Dickinson portrays so well. Charlotte is an only child,
reared by a brutal father who cannot forgive her for not being the
son he desires. Loved by most that she meets, Charlotte has a gift
for friendship, and it is her work as a Sunday School teacher that
gives her hope – and an escape from home. When Charlotte meets
Miles Thornton, she is instantly drawn to him. He is new to the
area and a widower, with three lovely young sons to look after but
the one thing he has longed for is a daughter. As they grow to
understand one another, it seems that Miles and Charlotte have more
in common that meets the eye . . .
Following the gripping story of the Ryan family in Margaret
Dickinson's top ten bestseller The Buffer Girls, Daughters of
Courage sees Emily and Trip fight to keep their new life afloat in
the turbulent 1930s. Love blossoms under the storm clouds of war.
Emily Ryan has gone up in the world since her arrival in Sheffield.
Brought there by her mother's ambitious schemes for her brother,
Josh, she had found work as a buffer girl polishing cutlery for the
city's famous trade. With the help of a friend, Nell, Emily
eventually set up her own buffing business employing those with
whom she had once worked. Married to Thomas Trippet - 'Trip' to his
friends - they plan to build a life together, but when Lucy, Nell's
daughter, disappears it seems that the menace from the past is
never very far away. Trip is now a partner with his half-brother in
the Trippet family's cutlery manufacturing business, but their
success is threatened by the Great Depression of the 1930s. Can
Emily keep their family and friends safe from the shadow of
unemployment? And then comes the threat of another war . . .
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