Author: mantel, hilary (Keywords)

Set in the fictitious village of Fetherhoughton, buried in the northern moorland, Mantel's cleverly absorbing novel centres on the community's relationship with the church, which bears some but not much resemblence to the Roman Catholic Church, c.1956.

Set in the fictitious village of Fetherhoughton, buried in the northern moorland, Mantel's cleverly absorbing novel centres on the community's relationship with the church, which bears some but not much resemblence to the Roman Catholic Church, c.1956.

This novel tells of Carmel McCabe and her friends Karina and Julianne who leave their Lancashire convent schools for London University. Carmel soon learns that a lot will be needed to precipitate them all into the next stage of their lives.

It is London, 1970. Carmel McBain, in her first term at university, has cut free of her childhood roots in the north. Among the gossiping, flirtatious girls of Tonbridge Hall, she begins her experiments in life and love. But the year turns. The mini-skirt falls out of style and an era of concealm...

This novel tells of Carmel McCabe and her friends Karina and Julianne who leave their Lancashire convent schools for London University. Carmel soon learns that a lot will be needed to precipitate them all into the next stage of their lives.

Evelyn Axon is a medium by trade. Her daughter Muriel is a half-wit by nature. Barricaded in their crumbling house, they defy the curiosity of their neighbours and their social worker. Then a horrible secret comes to light.

Evelyn and Muriel Axon, mother and daughter, lead a haunted existence. Objects of horror to their neighbours, they evade or terrorise any social worker who crosses their path. Inside their house, they pursue a covert persecution of each other, shrinking from the unseen occupants of their spare ro...

Barricaded inside their house filled with festering rubbish, unhealthy smells and their secrets, the Axon family baffle Isabel Field, the latest in a long line of social workers. Isabel has other problems too: a randy, untrustworthy father and a slackly romantic lover, Colin Sidney, history teach...

Charles O'Brien, bard and giant. The cynical are moved by his flights of romance, the craven stirred by his tales of epic deeds. But what of his own story as he is led from Ireland to seek his fortune beyond the sea in England?

Fetherhoughton is a dreary town in 1950s northern England. Father Angwin has lost his faith. Sister Philomena strains against convent life. The inhabitants of the town go about their lives in a haze. Then a stranger appears, bringing with him the hint of something new. But who is Fludd? An angel ...