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Churchill's Grandmama - Frances 7th Duchess of Marlborough by Margaret Elizabeth Forster; John Spencer-Churchill (Foreword by)
Category: Biography
Sir Winston Churchill's paternal grandmother and the mother of Randolph Churchill, the 7th Duchess of Marlborough, has been a minor figure in many works, yet hers is a fascinating story. Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest-Stewart's family background, as well as her own life, is steeped in great historical ...Show more
Daphne Du Maurier by Margaret Forster
Category: Biography & Memoir
A biography of the novelist Daphne du Maurier which looks behind the relaxed and charming facade to expose the workings of a complex and emotional character. The book won the Macallan/Writers' Guild 1993 Non-fiction Award.
Diary of an Ordinary Schoolgirl by Margaret Forster
Category: Biography
23 February Results rolling in! Algebra, 6th = 74%. Not bad. Latin = 55% Thrilled! History top = 85% smashing! Geography, disgusting, 2nd = 67%. In 1954 in Carlisle lived an ordinary 15-year-old schoolgirl called Margaret. She would go on to become an acclaimed writer, the author of the novels Georgy Gi ...Show more
Diary of an Ordinary Woman by Margaret Forster
Category: Fiction
This story has drawn extraordinary reviews, and at last the eagerly awaited paperback is available. In her teens, Millicent King begins a journal in which she vividly records the dramas of everyday life in a family touched by the Great War, tragedy and money troubles. âÃÂÃÂBeautifully craftedâ ...Show more
Diary of an Ordinary Woman by Margaret Forster
Category: Fiction
Presented as the journal of a real-life woman who was born in 1901 and died in 1995, this is a fictional account of a young woman, Millie, who starts her diary at the age of 13, on the eve of the Great War.
Good Wives? Mary, Fanny, Jennie and Me 1845-2001 by Margaret Forster
Category: Biography
In 1848 Mary Moffatt became the devoted wife of the missionary and explorer David Livingstone in Africa -and it eventually killed her. A hundred and twelve years later, in 1960, Margaret Forster married her school sweetheart Hunter Davies in a London Register Office- and forty years later they are still ...Show more
Have the Men Had Enough? by Margaret Forster
Category: Fiction
What do men run away from? Not war, not physical hardship, but the day-to-day emotional demands of impossible domestic situations. That's women's work. This is a story of female courage, where black comedy turns to disturbing pathos revolving around the rights of an indomitable woman.
Have the Men Had Enough? by Margaret Forster
Category: Fiction
What do men run away from? Not war, not physical hardship, but the day- to- day emotional demands of impossible domestic situations. That's women's work. This is a story of female courage, where black comedy turns to disturbing pathos revolving around the rights of an indomitable woman.
Is There Anything You Want? by Margaret Forster
Category: Fiction
What do Mrs H., Rachel, Edwina, Ida, Sarah, Dot, Chrissie have in common? They're all women, but they're fat, thin, old, young, professional, incompetent - and appear as diverse as human nature can be. But they are all survivors. This compelling novel follows the ripples that go out into ordinary li ...Show more
Isa and May by Margaret Forster
Category: Fiction
Margaret Forster, in this engaging, intriguing novel, about a young woman and two grandmothers, uncovers the shocking truths that family history reveals. The curiously named Isamay, a would-be academic, is trying to write a coherent thesis about grandmothers in history - from Sarah Bernhardt and George ...Show more