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Firebird: (Firebird:1) An enthralling, heart-wrenching and moving saga set amongst the Welsh hills

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Firebird: (Firebird:1) An enthralling, heart-wrenching and moving saga set amongst the Welsh hills

Contributors:

By (Author) Iris Gower

ISBN:

9780552144476

Publisher:

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Imprint:

Corgi Books

Publication Date:

15th July 1998

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Romance: wholesome
Romance: western, rural or outback
Saga fiction (family / generational sagas)
Historical romance
Family life fiction
Historical fiction
Narrative theme: Sense of place
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Napoleonic War fiction

Dewey:

823.914

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

512

Dimensions:

Width 106mm, Height 178mm, Spine 29mm

Weight:

261g

Description

The first in her magnificent new Potteries series. A sensational story of tragedy, riches, poverty and love from bestselling author Iris Gower. If you like Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, you will love this..! READERS ARE LOVING FIREBIRD! "Her characters come to life and feel as if they're your neighbours..." - 5 STARS "Can't put it down..." - 5 STARS "Excellent" - 5 STARS "Brilliant" - 5 STARS ********************************************************************* PASSIONS RUN HIGH AMIDST THE WELSH HILLS... When Llinos Savage's mother dies an untimely death, she finds herself in charge of the family pottery while still a young girl, attempting to keep the business afloat and dealing with the plotting of Philip Morton Edwards, the powerful and rich owner of the rival pottery in Swansea. Her father's return, badly wounded, from fighting Napoleon in France should be a joyous reunion, but instead his presence only adds to her difficulties. Two men make her world even more complicated- Eynon Morton Edwards, Philip's son - a gentle and sympathetic figure yet despised by his father; and Joe, an exotic outsider, born of an unlikely union between a cultured English businessman and a Native American squaw. How will Llinos cope with running the pottery, while suffering from the hatred of the Morton Edwards family and battling to suppress her own feelings for the man who seems her most unlikely suitor Firebird is the first novel in Iris Gower's Firebird series. The saga continues in Dream Catcher.

Author Bio

Iris Gower was born in Swansea, where she still lives. The mother of four grown-up children, she has written over twenty bestselling novels. She received an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Wales Swansea in 1999 and has been awarded an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Cardiff.

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