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Hace 6 días · Drawing from her own firsthand experience of working-class life between two world wars and in the 1950s, Cookson once again displays the irresistible plotting, scene-setting, and characterization that have made her an icon of historical and romance fiction.
17 de jun. de 2024 · Catherine Cookson's The Man Who Cried. It makes a change for a Cookson drama to be set in the recession-hit Britain of the Thirties, rather than the Victorian era. Following the death of his...
Hace 2 días · Catherine Cookson: The Rag Nymph. Drama Sunday 7 July 2024 15:20 - 18:40 (200 mins) Atmospheric, gripping feature-length drama set in Victorian Newcastle, adapted from the best-seller. Orphaned Millie is taken in by a local rag woman, and a new life begins. [S]
Hace 3 días · Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, whom she believed to be her older sister. She was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in 1997.
Hace 6 días · Known for the wit of her writing, in her lifetime Catherine Cookson became the UK’s most widely read novelist. When the Cookson Estate discovered the unpublished manuscript of Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger in the attic of her home, they unearthed a gem for Cookson’s many fans.
Hace 3 días · The Bailey Chronicles. In her first contemporary romance, Cookson ( The Parson's Daughter ) introduces a thoroughly delightful extended family. Fiona Nelson is a 28-year-old widow with three children when Bill Bailey enters her Tyneside home as a paying guest.
Hace 5 días · Based on one of Catherine Cookson's most beloved works which revolves around slick cardplayer Rory Connor (played by Robson Green), a rags-to-riches gambler faced with a life-changing decision.
