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’Remarkable... the characters come over as real people.’ – Jessica Stirling ‘A rich book, full of character and action.’ – Daily Mirror 'Stunning... a first novel of genius.' – Daily Express Jan Webster was born in 1924 in Blantyre, in the heart of the Lanarkshire coalfields. Her father died when she was fifteen. She was educated at St John’s Grammar School, Hamilton, and Hamilton Academy. On leaving school she worked as a journalist in Glasgow and London. Jan Webster sold her first short story at the age of seventeen, and has had many published and broadcast since then."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First. 12mo. Small mark to top corner of ffep. Dw has light wear to edges. Pc. Book. Seller Inventory # 5005063
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and slight fading to spine. Seller Inventory # 9999-9991336602
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 600gms weight; Scottish Trilogy; Vol. 3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 380 pages. Seller Inventory # 34506
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good to Worn - Age Spots. First. SEcond volume of a Scottish trilogy. Seller Inventory # 026293
Book Description First edition. Hardback. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. The concluding title of a Scottish trilogy. 378pp. Jacket supplied in a new removable clear cover. Seller Inventory # 28761
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good_. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 378pp. 8.5 inches. Black buckram, vg, rubbed at spine extremities. Very slight forward lean. Internally about as new, no owner's marks. Last few pages with a slight crinkle. In original jacket with slight edgewear, and some staining to the inner surface. The author was born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, with family connections with coal-mining and with World War 1, which issues recur in her books. This title is the 3rd of The Scottish trilogy -a family saga set in and around Glasgow, with Scottish Nationalism a major theme. This section runs from the 1920s to 1960s. 640g. (Literature, Scotland, Scottish, Glasgow, Mining, Scottish Nationalism, World War 1) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # C01160