The Maltese Angel: A Novel - Softcover

Cookson, Catherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451660162 ISBN 13: 9781451660166

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2011

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Ward Gibson knew what was expected of him by the village folk, and especially by the Mason family, whose daughter Daisy he had known all his life. But then, in a single week, his whole world had been turned upside down by a dancer, Stephanie McQueen, who seemed to float across the stage of the Empire Music Hall where she was appearing as The Maltese Angel. To his amazement, the attraction was mutual, and after a whirlwind courtship she agreed to marry him.

But a scorpion had already begun to emerge from beneath the stone of the local community, who considered that Ward had betrayed their expectations, and had led on and cruelly deserted Daisy. There followed a series of reprisals on his family, one of them serious enough to cause him to exact a terrible revenge; and these events would twist and turn the course of many lives through Ward's own and succeeding generations.

The Maltese Angel displays Catherine Cookson at her towering best in this immensely powerful novel which spans more than three decades, from the 1880s through to the First World War, and reaffirms yet again the author's standing as the best-loved and most widely read of today's storytellers.

About the Author:

Catherine Cookson lived in Northumberland, England, the setting of many of her international bestsellers. Born in Tyne Dock, she was the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished woman, Kate, whom she was raised to believe was her older sister. She began to work in the civil service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and married a local grammar school master.
Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer, in 1968 her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award, her readership quickly spread worldwide, and her many bestselling novels established her as one of the most popular contemporary authors. After receiving an OBE in 1985, Catherine Cookson was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1993. She died shortly before her ninety-second birthday, in June 1998, having completed 104 works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1451660162
• ISBN 13: 9781451660166
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 482