The Wax Fruit Trilogy: The Puritans

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The unmissable final chapter in the rise and fall of the Moorhouse family

The Moorhouse clan has worked hard to restore their name and prosperity. Despite many trials, they have finally become 'somebodies' - which makes Bel even more distressed by the behaviour of Phoebe and Henry, the unruliest members of the family.

As their lives are touched by triumph and tragedy, Henry and Phoebe make their way to Vienna, glittering centre of the Habsburg Empire, seeking new opportunity and wealth.

But can Phoebe, elusive and brilliant creature that she has become, ever truly leave Glasgow behind, or will family loyalty pull her back home - for better or worse

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'Wax Fruit recaptures the atmosphere of the period most effectively.'

Author Bio

Guy McCrone (1898-1977) was born in Birkenhead. He was educated at Glasgow Academy, going on to read modern languages at Pembroke College, Cambridge, before studying singing in Vienna. Glasgow provided the inspiration for many of McCrone's novels, including Antimacassar City, The Philistines and The Puritans,
which were published as Wax Fruit in 1947. McCrone retired to the Lake District in 1968, where he died at Windermere in May 1977.