The Cultured Handmaiden - Hardcover

Catherine Cookson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0862735416 ISBN 13: 9780862735418

Publisher: Octopus Books Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

THE PARSON'S DAUGHTER. The Victorian Sabbath was not without its difficulties for some of those committed to its observance. Such a one was Nancy Ann Hazel, the young and high-spirited daughter of a country parson. He was a good man and she loved him dearly, but his Sunday sermons could seem long indeed when beyond the church door the sunshine beckoned her into the fields of this pleasant corner of County Durham. Two older brothers had taught Nancy Ann how to look after herself, so that she could, when necessary, hold her own with the roughest of the village children, eventhough such escapades might not be considered altogether fitting in a daughter of the vicarage; but they foreshadowed the courage and fortitude she would soon enough have to muster when the greater challenges of a controversial marriage thrust her into womanhood, and when conflict and tragedy alike had to be faced and overcome. THE CULTURED HANDMAIDEN..At twenty-one, Jinny Brownlow was, to all intents and purposes, alone in the world, a typist at a large engineering firm in the Tyneside town of Fellburn, with her only outside interest the local theatre group, where the only role she seemed to play was that of general dogsbody. Then, suddenly, her life changed. Called upon to stand in as secretary to Bob Henderson, the formidable head of the company, his blunt manner provided a stimulating challenge. Later that same day, she had an unexpected visit from Hal Campbell, leading light of the Fellburn players, who displayed a touching concern for her personal problems. Both were older men and each would, in his own way, be a catalyst to the re-shaping of Jinny Brownlow's pattern of life. THE BLACK VELVET GOWN is the story of a mother and daughter, often at odds with each other, facing the need to challenge and fight the prejudice of an age.

About this edition

• Publisher: Octopus Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0862735416
• ISBN 13: 9780862735418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 808