Background
Iris Richardson was born in 1935 in Swansea, the sister of Billy, Jean, John and Christine.
(Shanni Price is a spirited, lively girl, but her tragic a...)
Shanni Price is a spirited, lively girl, but her tragic and poverty-stricken life has offered her little chance to enjoy herself. Her life changes drastically when she goes to live with the wealthy Llinos Mainwaring at her pottery in Swansea.
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( When Hari Morgan's father died, he left her nothing but...)
When Hari Morgan's father died, he left her nothing but an ailing mother and the tools of his shoemaking business. But what he also passed on to his daughter was a rare and unusual gift—that of designing and making shoes that were stylish and different. One of the first to realize this was Emily Grenfell, the spoiled daughter of one of the richest men in Swansea. Emily, who resented the beauty and courage of Hari Morgan, nonetheless was delighted with the dancing slippers she made for her debut at the Race Ball. It was to be the beginning of a lifetime of friendship, hatred, and rivalry between the two girls for, as Hari's business and fame began to grow, so did Emily's fortune began to decline.
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(Emmeline Powell had been born a country girl in a small c...)
Emmeline Powell had been born a country girl in a small cottage on Honey's Farm. When her father died Emmeline married Joe Harries, a man older than herself and one of the fishermen of Oystermouth. The wives of the oyster catchers were sturdy, used to helping their men with the catch, and didn't like the frail outsider. Emmeline grew more isolated, trapped into an ill-matched marriage without friends to help her. And then she met Will Davies!
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( King Henry V's beautiful widow, Catherine, is determine...)
King Henry V's beautiful widow, Catherine, is determined to marry Owen Tudor, a Welsh gentleman-at-arms. But her life decisions are not her own, overshadowed as she is by more powerful men who are closer to the Throne. The Duke of Bedford would marry her off to a foreign prince; her son, the King, is a weak child who turns like a straw in the wind. Henry Beaufort would give his allegiance in exchange for a cardinal's hat; and the handsome and ambitious Duke of Gloucester, brother of the dead king, openly desires her.
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( Mary Jenkins had dragged herself up from humble beginni...)
Mary Jenkins had dragged herself up from humble beginnings -- first to be overseer in the Canal Street laundry, then to run her own market stall in Sweyn's Eye. But constantly fate -- and the Sutton brothers -- knocked her down again. Dean Sutton was prepared to set her up in a shop of her own -- but only at his price -- while Brandon Sutton threatened to destroy her with a love neither of them could control. But Mary -- proud Mary -- was a fighter, determined to win whatever the odds, however great the sacrifice.
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(The first novel in Iris Gower's series about the women of...)
The first novel in Iris Gower's series about the women of Swansea at the beginning of the century. It follows the fortunes of Rhian Gray, who has left Sweyn's Eye to work in a Yorkshire woollen mill. The author also wrote "Fiddler's Ferry", "Morgan's Woman" and "Black Gold".
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Iris Richardson was born in 1935 in Swansea, the sister of Billy, Jean, John and Christine.
Cardiff University.
Her family lived in Swansea city centre, but afterwards moved to Mayhill, where Iris met pattern-maker, William Tudor Davies. The couple settled in Manselton, Swansea, and had four children - Tudor junior, Angela, Susan and Paul. As a young woman she worked as a nursery teacher and took other part-time jobs.
But began writing in her twenties and had several stories published in magazines, such as Woman"s Own and Jackie.
She published her first novel, Tudor Tapestry in 1974, but it was the success of her novel, Copper Kingdom (1983), that put her on the world"s best-seller lists. This was one of many novels set in the copper, pottery and other industries of Swansea or in the rural life of Gower.
Iris Gower was awarded an Master of Arts in Creative Writing by Cardiff University, as well as an Honorary Fellowship at Swansea University (1999). She wrote and published around 40 books, including 26 novels.
She was always interested in fostering the work of other writers.
She became a patron of the Year of Literature in Swansea, and at the Swansea Writers" Circle welcomed and encouraged the novelist Catrin Collier. Gower died at Singleton Hospital, Swansea, on 20 July 2010. She was 75 years old.
( Mary Jenkins had dragged herself up from humble beginni...)
(Shanni Price is a spirited, lively girl, but her tragic a...)
( When Hari Morgan's father died, he left her nothing but...)
( King Henry V's beautiful widow, Catherine, is determine...)
(The first novel in Iris Gower's series about the women of...)
(Emmeline Powell had been born a country girl in a small c...)