Tilly Trotter Trilogy
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Book 1
The first novel in an epic trilogy set during the reign of Queen Victoria, which follows the fortunes of a young girl from a small village in Tyneside, to a new life in America as the wife of a wealthy man, only to return and encounter the enmity of her former neighbours and townspeople.
Book 2
For twelve years, Tilly Trotter had devotedly served Mark Sopwith as nurse and mistress; a wife in all but name. Now he was dead, and her whole future lay in the balance. At least one of his grown-up children was extremely hostile, determined to banish her from Highfield Manor as soon as possible and, to make the situation even more difficult, Mark had left Tilly four months pregnant. But she was no stranger to trouble and hardship, and would meet these new problems with the same courage and resolution that she had displayed in facing up to earlier crises. Fate still had a lot in store for Matilda Trotter - good and ill alike. She would make a real marriage, and this would take her from her native Tyneside to experience all the wonders and perils of a strange and distant land. Tilly Trotter Wed is a story of wide scope and imagination, and the first of Catherine Cookson's books in which a large part of the action takes place away from England - in the vividly evoked pioneer Texas of the 1850s.
Book 3
Tilly Trotter's life has been far from easy, and returning from America to the County Durham village she grew up in only makes it harder. Despite her new status as Lady of Highfield Manor the old prejudices still exist. Branded a witch by the locals, hostility towards Tilly, and her children -- Willy and adopted Mexican daughter Josefina -- is rife. Thankfully, there are those willing to defend her. In fact there are those who long to offer her the security of marriage. But Tilly, bound by a promise to her late husband, is unsure that she can re-marry. And she's not the only one struggling with matters of the heart; both Willy and Josefina are facing love dilemmas of their own. But Tilly, courageous as ever, is determined, no matter what, that, she and her children will find happiness!