Malcolm Macdonald: 21 books

First published in 1992 by Piatkus in London and St Martin’s in America the book attracted the following reviews:* Although this talky saga often drags, Macdonald nonetheless depicts turn-of-the-century Cornwall convincingly — Publishers Weekly* The theme [of a threatened happy marriage] has been...

When this book was published by St Martin's Press in New York and Piatkus in London, in 1997, it attracted the following notices:Ultraprolific Irish author Macdonald's 27th book ... an amiable story full of iron-fibered characters and their agreeable wisechat as Macdonald unspools from his...

Published by St Martin's Press in New York and Headline in London in 1990, Hell Hath No Fury attracted the following notices:* This novel features another of Macdonald's vigorous, sensible, and ambitious heroines of the middle class. ... Beautifully written, this is Macdonald's best...

Published by St Martin's Press in New York and Piatkus in London, in 1994, Kernow & Daughter attracted the following notices:* Macdonald combines strong characters and a brisk narrative full of sharp observations about life, love, and the eternal struggle between men and women caught up in tightly...

Published by St Martin's Press in New York and Piatkus in London, 1994, Kernow & Daughter attracted the following notices:* Macdonald combines strong characters and a brisk narrative full of sharp observations about life, love, and the eternal struggle between men and women caught up in tightly...

Published by Piatkus in London and (as The Trevarton Inheritance) by St Martins in New York in 1995, Crissy’s Family attracted the following notices:* Prolific and reliable, Macdonald again offers sound commercial fiction that combines history and romance. Crissy is his strongest female protagonist...

When her husband dies and she is forced to take in paying guests, Harriet Harte feels she has come down in the world. For her lively and forward-thinking daughter Tamsin, however, their lapse from Society is a welcome release. No more tiresome balls, supper parties, and musical evenings for her; instead...

Published by St Martin's Press in New York and Piatkus in London in 1989, An Innocent Woman attracted the following notices:* A carefully wrought novel of character. Macdonald pens a delicate, almost dreamy tale of a woman who is determined to find her own way while still maintaining an accepted...

Published by St Martin's Press in New York and Piatkus in London, in 1988, A Notorious Woman attracted the following notices:* A compelling tale, offering an interesting insight into Cornish life a century ago — Cornish Packet* These adventures of the beguiling Ms Rosewarne will keep a fair...

Published by Headline in London and St Martin’s Press in New York in 1994, For I Have Sinned attracted the following notices:* A real tear-jerker — Oxford Mail* Fans of this type of yarn will enjoy it, although I can't say sagas are my favourite kind of fiction — Manchester Evening News*...

Published by St Martin's Press in New York and Piatkus in London, in 2001, Rose of Nancemellin attracted the following notices: * Prolific Macdonald's evocative yet over-long historical novel of theater life, set in London and America in the 1910s, is part Cinderella part Pygmalion. Spirited...

An abandoned baby leads a teenage girl to a brilliant career. In 1910 young teenager Jennifer Owen discovers an abandoned baby in a field, wrapped up with a penny for luck. Years later, with the help of society hostess Millicent Colston-Smart, she decides to track the child down. The trail (and that...

A practical guide for would-be novelists on that tricky first hurdle - the opening line and then the opening chapter of a novel. Novelist Malcolm Macdonald wrote 33 historical novels, published by Knopf, Simon & Shuster, St Martin's Press, and Sourcebooks in the USA and by Cape, Hodder, Headline,...

"The Dukes" is a magnificent novel about a family, with all the emotions, problems and drama of any large family — except that in this case the head of it, Augustus Clarence Fitzstephen Wrottesley Veitch du Bois, the Fourth Duke of St. Ormer, is about to die without an heir. A one-time intimate...