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Churchill's Grandmama - Frances 7th Duchess of Marlborough by Margaret Elizabeth Forster; John Spencer-Churchill (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
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
$36.95 AUD
Category: Biography
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.
Hidden Lives: A Family Memoir by Margaret Forster
$21.00 AUD
$22.95 (8% off)
Category: Biography
Over and over again we get told stories by our parents and grandparents, and sometimes, if these stories are treated seriously and checked, that is all they turn out to be - stories, unsubstantiated and often downright contradicted by the actual evidence in records. But sometimes beneath the stories lur ...Show more
Isa and May by Margaret Forster
$24.95 AUD
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
Keeping the World Away by Margaret Forster
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Lost, found, stolen, strayed, sold, fought over... This engrossing, beautifully crafted novel follows the fictional adventures, over a hundred years, of an early 20th century painting and the women whose lives it touches. It opens with bold, passionate Gwen, struggling to be an artist, leaving for Pari ...Show more
Lady's Maid by Margaret Forster
$27.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
"Absorbing...Heartbreaking...Forster paints a vivid picture of class, station, hypocrisy and survival in Victorian society....Grips the reader's imagination on every page."-- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEShe was Elizabeth Barrett's lady's maid. But "Wilson" was more than that. She was a confidante, friend and ...Show more
Over by Margaret Forster
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
This is a novel about what happens after a tragedy in a family. Not the tragedy itself but its aftermath, what's left when the tide recedes and it's over. First published 2007.
Shadow Baby by Margaret Forster
$21.00 AUD
$24.00 (12% off)
Category: Fiction
Evie and Shona, born almost 70 years apart, are women of very different personalities. But as their stories unfold, it becomes apparent that they share much more than their yearning to find the mothers they never knew.
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