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    The Coffin Maker's Daughters: Blind Bargain
    Sin of Pride
    The Coffin Maker's Daughters Sweet Thunder
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    The Coffin Maker's Daughters Series

    By Bunny Mitchell

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    About this series

    The Coffin Maker's daughters were all named after flowers; Lily, Violet, May, Daisy, Rose and Marigold. This is Violet's story.
    When her father dies, Violet has the opportunity to fulfil her dream of travelling but it doesn't work out as she had imagined.
    In London, she gets involved with the Women's Social and Political Union, is arrested and serves time in Holloway prison where she is forcibly fed.
    This is the story of one woman's fight for equality, of how she overcame adversity and of an enduring friendship.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBunny Mitchell
    Release dateNov 1, 2013
    The Coffin Maker's Daughters: Blind Bargain
    Sin of Pride
    The Coffin Maker's Daughters Sweet Thunder

    Titles in the series (4)

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      The Coffin Maker's Daughters Sweet Thunder
      The Coffin Maker's Daughters Sweet Thunder

      The Coffin Maker's Daughters Sweet Thunder

      Bunny Mitchell
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      The Coffin Maker's daughters were all named after flowers: Lily, Violet, Daisy, May, Rose and Marigold. This is Daisy's story.The Wakefield farm is bleak, the inhabitants even bleaker. Jonas Wakefield, a religious bigot, has a wife on the brink of insanity and a simpleton for a son. Daisy Spencer's arrival to take up the position of housemaid has a devestating affect on all their lives. Sweet Thunder follows the young girl from here to the warmth and magic of the Victorian Variety Theatre and back again. It is a story of passions, love and hatred, jealousy and revenge, of courage and the resilience of the human spirit, reinforcing the belief of good over evil.

      The Coffin Maker's daughters were all named after flowers: Lily, Violet, Daisy, May, Rose and Marigold. This is Daisy's story.The Wakefield farm is bleak, the inhabitants even bleaker. Jonas Wakefield, a religious bigot, has a wife on the brink of insanity and a simpleton for a son. Daisy Spencer's arrival to take up the position of housemaid has a devestating affect on all their lives. Sweet Thunder follows the young girl from here to the warmth and magic of the Victorian Variety Theatre and back again. It is a story of passions, love and hatred, jealousy and revenge, of courage and the resilience of the human spirit, reinforcing the belief of good over evil.

    • The Coffin Maker's Daughters: Blind Bargain
      The Coffin Maker's Daughters: Blind Bargain

      The Coffin Maker's Daughters: Blind Bargain

      Bunny Mitchell
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      The Coffin Maker's Daughters were all named after flowers: Lily, Violet, Daisy, May Rose and Marigold. This is Lily's story. When Lily Spencer, naive and vulnerable, marries Charles Nightingale they strike a Blind Bargain for neither knows much about the other. but Lily discovers a dark secret that Charles has kept hidden. Blind Bargain tells of her struggle to rise above the pain of delusion and cope with a life devoid of physical love and of how she pours her passion into her art to become an accomplished portrait painter. Set in late Victorian England, Blind Bargain takes its characters from village life on the Downs to the society of London. It is a story of intrigue, misunderstandings, love, hate and revenge.

      The Coffin Maker's Daughters were all named after flowers: Lily, Violet, Daisy, May Rose and Marigold. This is Lily's story. When Lily Spencer, naive and vulnerable, marries Charles Nightingale they strike a Blind Bargain for neither knows much about the other. but Lily discovers a dark secret that Charles has kept hidden. Blind Bargain tells of her struggle to rise above the pain of delusion and cope with a life devoid of physical love and of how she pours her passion into her art to become an accomplished portrait painter. Set in late Victorian England, Blind Bargain takes its characters from village life on the Downs to the society of London. It is a story of intrigue, misunderstandings, love, hate and revenge.

    • Sin of Pride
      Sin of Pride

      Sin of Pride

      Bunny Mitchell
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      I the village of Walmsley, May is a well-respected teacher until an act of kindness is misconstrued. It leads to a chain of events that hurtles her into a very different life; one of poverty and danger. The area around Dick Street is notorious for crime. It is peopled by thieves, beggars, ruffians and prostitutes; a place that even the police are loathe to go. and the biggest ruffian of all is Jack Liver. When his attention settles on May, she is caught up in murder, abduction and violence. It is only her courage and determination that enables her to survive.

      I the village of Walmsley, May is a well-respected teacher until an act of kindness is misconstrued. It leads to a chain of events that hurtles her into a very different life; one of poverty and danger. The area around Dick Street is notorious for crime. It is peopled by thieves, beggars, ruffians and prostitutes; a place that even the police are loathe to go. and the biggest ruffian of all is Jack Liver. When his attention settles on May, she is caught up in murder, abduction and violence. It is only her courage and determination that enables her to survive.

    • The Coffin Maker's Daughters A Matter of Time
      The Coffin Maker's Daughters A Matter of Time

      The Coffin Maker's Daughters A Matter of Time

      Bunny Mitchell
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      The Coffin Maker's daughters were all named after flowers; Lily, Violet, May, Daisy, Rose and Marigold. This is Violet's story. When her father dies, Violet has the opportunity to fulfil her dream of travelling but it doesn't work out as she had imagined. In London, she gets involved with the Women's Social and Political Union, is arrested and serves time in Holloway prison where she is forcibly fed. This is the story of one woman's fight for equality, of how she overcame adversity and of an enduring friendship.

      The Coffin Maker's daughters were all named after flowers; Lily, Violet, May, Daisy, Rose and Marigold. This is Violet's story. When her father dies, Violet has the opportunity to fulfil her dream of travelling but it doesn't work out as she had imagined. In London, she gets involved with the Women's Social and Political Union, is arrested and serves time in Holloway prison where she is forcibly fed. This is the story of one woman's fight for equality, of how she overcame adversity and of an enduring friendship.

    Author

    Bunny Mitchell

    Bunny Mitchell was a dancer before becoming a mother and later had a career as a cook. She made her home in Spain and America for several years before returning to England in 1998. She now lives in Sussex where she has grown to love the South Downs and the history of its people. Her novels encompass the folklores of the region and the colourful Sussex sayings that are in danger of dying out. She has three published novels (The Farthing Mark and A Magpie Mourning and Blind Bargain)and her fourth,Sweet Thunder, is soon to be released For many years Bunny Mitchell has encouraged and helped many to write their autobiographies. She founded the Bexhill Writers’ Forum in 2002 which she still runs.

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