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Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret moved to the coast at the age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age of twenty-five. She has since written, many of which are set in the heart of her home country. A visit to the wonderful National Tramway Museum in Crich, Derbyshire, inspired The Clippie Girls, and the magnif...

Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret moved to the coast at the age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age of twenty-five. She has written over thirty novels, many of which are set in the heart of her home country. A visit to the wonderful National Tramway Museum in Crich, Derbyshire, inspired The Clippie Girls, a...

It is 1910. Fourteen-year-old Rosie Waterhouse lives with her father, Sam, on a cottage on the Thornby Estate on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The estate is owned by William Ramsey, a man determined that his only son, Byron, should marry well and produce an heir. Sam is well known as the local poacher, although only to feed himself and Rosie, and to help the villagers when times are hard. Rosie quick to learn the tricks of his nefarious ...

It is 1910. Fourteen-year-old Rosie Waterhouse lives with her father, Sam, on a cottage on the Thornby Estate on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The estate is owned by William Ramsey, a man determined that his only son, Byron, should marry well and produce an heir. Sam is well known as the local poacher, although only to feed himself and Rosie, and to help the villagers when times are hard. Rosie quick to learn the tricks of his nefarious ...

Set in the 1940s, Wartime Friends is a tale of unbreakable bonds in times of strife, by Margaret Dickinson, the 'Queen of Saga' (Daily Express)

Set in the 1940s, Wartime Friends is a tale of unbreakable bonds in times of strife, by Margaret Dickinson, the 'Queen of Saga' (Daily Express)

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A page-turning story full of heart by Margaret Dickinson, the 'Queen of Saga' (Daily Express)

Reissues of three of Margaret Dickinson's classic sagas in stunning new packages to coincide with the publication of her new novel "The Clippie Girls".

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Daughters of Courage 'Another page-turner with warm characters and an enthralling plot' My Weekly The Buffer Girls 'With instantly likeable characters and a thoroughly engrossing story, you'll be gripped from the very first page' Sunday Express Welcome Home 'An outstanding story of love, courage and family life during World War Two, told by an author who knows how to touch your heart' Mary Wood Fairfield Hall 'The Queen of Saga' Daily Express ...

It is the 1930s and the Maitland family have spent the years following the Great War struggling to come to terms with its catastrophic aftermath, and their hopes now lie with the next generation. Their Lincolnshire village of Doddington suffered terrible loss and it has taken great courage for the bereaved families to rebuild their lives without their loved ones.When war is declared again, it is Daisy Maitland and her peers who must now take u...

It is the early 1920s and the Maitland family are still coming to terms with the aftermath of the Great War. After her brave work as an ambulance driver and nurse close to the Front, Pips is restless and without purpose. Determined to enjoy life after the years of misery, and to help her forget a broken love affair, she seeks excitement in the London parties and balls of the Roaring Twenties.No family or community escaped the ravages of this w...

Margaret Dickinson's history of oppostional film is a pioneering account of an important by little documented aspect of modern British Cinema: the often extreme form of independent cinema that accompanied the radical politics of the 1960s and 70s. During the 70s an organized independent film and video movement emerged (including such filmmaking groups as London Filmmakers' Co-op, Cinema Action, Amber, Liberation Films and Sheffield Co-op). Thi...

Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret moved to the coast at the age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age of twenty-five. She has written over thirty novels, many of which are set in the heart of her home country. A visit to the wonderful National Tramway Museum in Crich, Derbyshire, inspired The Clippie Girls, a...

The Clippie Girls is a compelling story of love, loss and heartbreak in the Second World War, by the author of the Fleethaven Trilogy, Margaret Dickinson.Rose and Myrtle Sylvester look up to their older sister, Peggy. She is the sensible, reliable one in the household of women headed by their grandmother, Grace Booth, and their mother, Mary Sylvester. When war is declared in 1939 they must face the hardships together and huge changes in their ...

A matter of honour. A sense of duty. A time for courage.

A story of love and survival set in the cotton mills of Derbyshire.