The Round Tower

Cookson, Catherine

ISBN 10: 0552156701 / ISBN 13: 9780552156707

Published by Corgi, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Round Tower
• Publisher: Corgi
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552156701
• ISBN 13: 9780552156707
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1780316318.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 46982168
• Signed: 6/1/2026 12:18:38 PM
• Seller catalogs:
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  • 9780552156707

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Synopsis

Vanessa Ratcliffe is just sixteen, daughter of one of the town's richest men. And in spite of her social standing and convent education Vanessa's provocative manner often draws envious eyes in her direction. Angus Cotton is a rough diamond, living in filthy Ryder's Row, but as engineer at Affleck and Tate he's worth his weight in gold. Angus has ambitious plans for his future, plans that had never included Vanessa - until now..."The Round Tower" is a beautifully imagined story of power, love, honour and greed and an award-winning novel from one of Britain's most popular novelists.

From the Publisher

WINNER OF THE WINIFRED HOLTBY MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR FICTION

'Catherine Cookson's novels are about hardship, the intractability of life and of individuals, the struggle first to survive and next to make sense of one's survival. Humour, toughness, resolution and generosity are Cookson virtues, in a world which she often depicts as cold and violent. Her novels are weighted and driven by her own early experiences of illegitimacy and poverty. This is what gives them power. In the specialised world of women's popular fiction, Cookson has created her own territory' - Helen Dunmore, The Times