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The Moth: With Jack Davenport, David Howey, Janet Dale, Sally Grey. Set in 1913 Northumbria, England, the story is about Robert Bradley, a strong-willed young worker at a Jarrow shipyard, who arrives home one day to find that his father has died. That leads to a total new set of circumstances in his life.
Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, who Catherine believed was her older sister. Catherine began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and married Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master. ... The Moth is the usual Cookson prototype of a woman ...
Mar 24, 2011 · Millie, dubbed "The Moth" by the locals because of her flitting escapades, ruins her elder sister Agnes's chances at a suitable marriage. When Agnes, shouldering the crumbling family fortunes alone, finds in Robert a source not only of commonsense but of love, the two of them defy convention. Cookson's (The Bannaman Legacy evocation of a class ...
- Catherine Cookson
That leads to a total new set of circumstances in his life. Set in 1913 Northumbria, England, the story is about Robert Bradley, a strong-willed young worker at a Jarrow shipyard, who arrives home one day to find that his father has died. At the funeral he meets his father's estranged brother, his uncle John Bradley, and his wife Alice who ...
The Moth Catherine Cookson Snippet view - 1986. About the author (1986) Catherine Cookson, 1906 - 1998 British writer Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, Co. Durham. She was born illegitimate and into poverty with a mother who was, at times, an alcoholic and violent. From the age of thirteen, Catherine suffered from hereditary hemorrhage ...
The Moth. Paperback – 5 Dec. 1996. by Catherine Cookson (Author) 4.4 480 ratings. See all formats and editions. As a diversion from his job in his uncle's carpentry shop, newly arrived Robert Bradley began to explore the Durham countryside.
- Catherine Cookson
Nov 1, 1990 · The Moth (Soundings) Audio Cassette – Audiobook, November 1, 1990 by Catherine Cookson (Author), Elizabeth Henry (Reader) 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 462 ratings
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The Moth. Catherine Cookson. Pocket Books, 1987 - Fiction - 293 pages. Bestselling author Catherine Cookson--Conduct Unbecoming, The Banaman Legacy--weaves a spellbinding drama of tragedy and honor, of two lovers defying the rigid barriers of class, of a world poised on the brink of war.
Mar 24, 2011 · Millie, dubbed "The Moth" by the locals because of her flitting escapades, ruins her elder sister Agnes's chances at a suitable marriage. When Agnes, shouldering the crumbling family fortunes alone, finds in Robert a source not only of commonsense but of love, the two of them defy convention. Cookson's (The Bannaman Legacy evocation of a class ...
- Catherine Cookson
In early 1900’s England, a carpenter leaves the shipyards for a job in his uncle's business, and life in the country is not as idyllic as he had imagined.