Dilly Court 10 Books New Collection Set - Adult - Paperback

{"id":6243260137651,"title":"Dilly Court 10 Books New Collection Set - Adult - Paperback","handle":"dilly-court-10-books-set-collection-new-paperback-age-adult","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in this set:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Best Of Sisters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cockney Sparrow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dollmakers Daughter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Place Called Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTilly True\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Mothers Courage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Mothers Wish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Mothers Promise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Constant Heart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMermaids Singing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Best Of Sisters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Thames carried him away from her, but would it bring him home...?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwelve-year-old Eliza Bragg has known little in life but the cold, comfortless banks of the Thames. Living above her uncle's chandlery she has grown accustomed to a life of penury and servitude, her only comfort the love and protection of her older brother, Bart. But one day Bart accidentally kills a man and is forced to flee to New Zealand. Alone, barefoot, beaten down and at the mercy of her cruel uncle, Eliza realises that her very survival is at stake...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cockney Sparrow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGifted with a beautiful soprano voice, young Clemency Skinner is forced to work as a pickpocket in order to support her crippled brother, Jack.Their feckless mother, Edith, has fallen into the clutches of unscrupulous pimp, Todd Hardiman, whose evil presence threatens their daily existence.Befriended by Ned Hawkes and his kindly mother, Nell, Clemency struggles to escape from life in the slums of Stew Lane. She finds work with a troupe of buskers run by larger than life Augustus Throop, and is spotted by the manager of the Strand Theatre.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClemency looks set for operatic stardom, but a chance meeting with the mysterious Jared Stone brings danger and intrigue and threatens to change her life forevermore.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dollmakers Daughter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor Ruby and Rosetta Capretti life in the slums of the East End holds little promise.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough very similar in looks they dream of very different futures. Coquettish, flamboyant Rosetta is desperate to leave the claustrophobic confines of the sewing sweatshop to follow in her wayward aunt's footsteps and work under the bright lights of the music hall. Ruby, quieter and more modest, has always longed to train as a nurse, a pipe-dream for a girl from her humble background.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd then, by the side of their father's grave, they meet handsome Jonas Crowe. But little do they know how much one man will affect both their lives for ever.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Place Called Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen, Lucy Pocket has spent all her life in the care of her disreputable but charming grandmother, Eva. They dodge from one poor lodging house to another, always in debt and resorting to theft in order to exist.Until her wealthy paternal grandfather buys her from Eva, determined to bring Lucy up to be a lady. When her grandfather dies, his despicable nephew cheats Lucy out of her inheritance, except for a run-down lodging house in Whitechapel, where she is forced to look after his three illegitimate children.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJilted by her would-be fiancé, Lucy is determined to make a life for herself and the children, and to search for her long lost grandmother, creating the family she has always longed for.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTilly True\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDismissed from her position as housemaid under a cloud of misunderstanding, Tilly True is forced to return home. But Tilly is determined to make something of her life and, rather than admit the truth to her poverty-stricken family, she sets out once more in search of employment.Her journey takes her to the London law courts, a grim parsonage in one of the most notorious parts of the East End and a house of ill-repute. But when she falls for the dangerous charms of Barnaby Palgrave, Tilly soon finds that her troubles have only just begun ...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Mothers Courage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Eloise Cribb receives the news that her husband's ship has been lost at sea she wonders how she is ever going to manage. With two young children, the rent overdue and almost nothing to live on, she has no alternative but to turn to his estranged family for help.She sets off on the long and arduous journey to Yorkshire, but is met with hostility and soon realises she has little choice but to return to London. Virtually destitute and desperate, Eloise is faced with her worst nightmare: she must either go to the workhouse, or abandon her children at the Foundling Hospital. But she is determined to keep them safe and under her protective wing at all costs...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Mothers Wish\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSince the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her tyrannical father-in-law Jacob. In spite of her own despair, she is determined to protect her brother Tom and her baby son Georgie from Jacob's bullying ways - for she is all they have in the world.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut when Jacob hires villainous Salter and his vile wife Sal to run the barge, Effie's life becomes even more unbearable, and Tom is sent packing without a penny to his name. Forced to live on deck with little to shelter her and Georgie from the elements, tormented by the Salters, Effie is driven to desperation. And stealing Jacob's hidden cache of money she escapes with her son. As she begins her frantic search for Tom, Effie vows that whatever happens she will make a home for little Georgie and keep him safe from harm.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Mothers Promise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Hetty Huggins made a promise to her dying mother that she would look after her younger sister and brothers, little did she know how difficult this would be. But despite the threat of being turned out onto the streets by the unscrupulous tallyman and the never-ending struggle just to exist, Hetty is determined her family will never starve or want for a roof over their heads.Longing for something better out of life than the daily grind of making matchboxes for a pittance, she dreams of setting up her own business. With the help of friends she sells hot potatoes on the streets and things begin to look up for them all. But when the tallyman comes calling, they are faced once more with a future full of hardship and despair ...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Constant Heart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDespite living by the side of the Thames, with its noise, disease and dirt, eighteen-year-old Rosina May has wanted for little in life. Until her father's feud with a fellow bargeman threatens to destroy everything. To save them all, Rosina agrees to marry Harry, the son of a wealthy merchant. But a chance encounter with a handsome river pirate has turned her head and she longs to meet him again.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen her father dies a broken man, Harry goes back on his promise and turns Rosina out onto the streets. She is forced to work the river herself, ferrying rubbish out of London and living rough. In spite of her hardships, she cannot forget her pirate and when tragedy threatens to strike once more she is forced to make a choice. But is she really prepared to risk everything for love?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMermaids Singing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn into poverty and living under the roof of her violent and abusive brother-in-law, young Kitty Cox dreams of working in a women's dress shop in the West End - a million miles away from the reality of her life as a mud-lark, scavenging on the banks of the Thames.Fate soon intervenes and Kitty finds herself working as a skivvy for Sir Desmond and Lady Arabella Mableton in Mayfair. Bullied by the kitchen maids, Kitty is soon taken under Lady Arabella's wing and for the first time in her life Kitty dares to hope.But Lady 'Bella' has a secret and unable to live with her domineering husband she decides to leave, fighting for custody of their daughter, Leonie. Kitty will do anything for her mistress but her loyalty is severely tested as all their lives are thrown into turmoil and Kitty faces a life of poverty and hardship in the slums of the East End once more ...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-isbn=\"9787293107067\" class=\"goodreadr\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n","published_at":"2021-02-13T15:51:00+00:00","created_at":"2021-02-13T12:25:00+00:00","vendor":"Arrow Books","type":"Fiction","tags":["10 Books","Age_Adult","Binding_Paperback","Books Over 70% Off","Boxing Day","Type_Collection","UK Bestsellers"],"price":1938,"price_min":1938,"price_max":1938,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":7990,"compare_at_price_min":7990,"compare_at_price_max":7990,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":38213522489523,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"B2D3282","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Dilly Court 10 Books New Collection Set - Adult - Paperback","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1938,"weight":2000,"compare_at_price":7990,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9787293107067","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/s-l1600_87bc49f1-5d9f-474b-8ed4-485855adf09c.jpg?v=1633952178"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/s-l1600_87bc49f1-5d9f-474b-8ed4-485855adf09c.jpg?v=1633952178","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Dilly Court 10 Books Set Collection New- Paperback - Age Adult Young Adult Arrow Books","id":15805190340787,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/s-l1600_87bc49f1-5d9f-474b-8ed4-485855adf09c.jpg?v=1633952178"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/s-l1600_87bc49f1-5d9f-474b-8ed4-485855adf09c.jpg?v=1633952178","width":1000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in this set:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Best Of Sisters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cockney Sparrow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dollmakers Daughter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Place Called Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTilly True\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Mothers Courage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Mothers Wish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Mothers Promise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Constant Heart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMermaids Singing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Best Of Sisters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Thames carried him away from her, but would it bring him home...?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwelve-year-old Eliza Bragg has known little in life but the cold, comfortless banks of the Thames. Living above her uncle's chandlery she has grown accustomed to a life of penury and servitude, her only comfort the love and protection of her older brother, Bart. But one day Bart accidentally kills a man and is forced to flee to New Zealand. Alone, barefoot, beaten down and at the mercy of her cruel uncle, Eliza realises that her very survival is at stake...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cockney Sparrow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGifted with a beautiful soprano voice, young Clemency Skinner is forced to work as a pickpocket in order to support her crippled brother, Jack.Their feckless mother, Edith, has fallen into the clutches of unscrupulous pimp, Todd Hardiman, whose evil presence threatens their daily existence.Befriended by Ned Hawkes and his kindly mother, Nell, Clemency struggles to escape from life in the slums of Stew Lane. She finds work with a troupe of buskers run by larger than life Augustus Throop, and is spotted by the manager of the Strand Theatre.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClemency looks set for operatic stardom, but a chance meeting with the mysterious Jared Stone brings danger and intrigue and threatens to change her life forevermore.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dollmakers Daughter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor Ruby and Rosetta Capretti life in the slums of the East End holds little promise.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough very similar in looks they dream of very different futures. Coquettish, flamboyant Rosetta is desperate to leave the claustrophobic confines of the sewing sweatshop to follow in her wayward aunt's footsteps and work under the bright lights of the music hall. Ruby, quieter and more modest, has always longed to train as a nurse, a pipe-dream for a girl from her humble background.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd then, by the side of their father's grave, they meet handsome Jonas Crowe. But little do they know how much one man will affect both their lives for ever.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Place Called Home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen, Lucy Pocket has spent all her life in the care of her disreputable but charming grandmother, Eva. They dodge from one poor lodging house to another, always in debt and resorting to theft in order to exist.Until her wealthy paternal grandfather buys her from Eva, determined to bring Lucy up to be a lady. When her grandfather dies, his despicable nephew cheats Lucy out of her inheritance, except for a run-down lodging house in Whitechapel, where she is forced to look after his three illegitimate children.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJilted by her would-be fiancé, Lucy is determined to make a life for herself and the children, and to search for her long lost grandmother, creating the family she has always longed for.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTilly True\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDismissed from her position as housemaid under a cloud of misunderstanding, Tilly True is forced to return home. But Tilly is determined to make something of her life and, rather than admit the truth to her poverty-stricken family, she sets out once more in search of employment.Her journey takes her to the London law courts, a grim parsonage in one of the most notorious parts of the East End and a house of ill-repute. But when she falls for the dangerous charms of Barnaby Palgrave, Tilly soon finds that her troubles have only just begun ...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Mothers Courage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Eloise Cribb receives the news that her husband's ship has been lost at sea she wonders how she is ever going to manage. With two young children, the rent overdue and almost nothing to live on, she has no alternative but to turn to his estranged family for help.She sets off on the long and arduous journey to Yorkshire, but is met with hostility and soon realises she has little choice but to return to London. Virtually destitute and desperate, Eloise is faced with her worst nightmare: she must either go to the workhouse, or abandon her children at the Foundling Hospital. But she is determined to keep them safe and under her protective wing at all costs...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Mothers Wish\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSince the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her tyrannical father-in-law Jacob. In spite of her own despair, she is determined to protect her brother Tom and her baby son Georgie from Jacob's bullying ways - for she is all they have in the world.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut when Jacob hires villainous Salter and his vile wife Sal to run the barge, Effie's life becomes even more unbearable, and Tom is sent packing without a penny to his name. Forced to live on deck with little to shelter her and Georgie from the elements, tormented by the Salters, Effie is driven to desperation. And stealing Jacob's hidden cache of money she escapes with her son. As she begins her frantic search for Tom, Effie vows that whatever happens she will make a home for little Georgie and keep him safe from harm.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Mothers Promise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Hetty Huggins made a promise to her dying mother that she would look after her younger sister and brothers, little did she know how difficult this would be. But despite the threat of being turned out onto the streets by the unscrupulous tallyman and the never-ending struggle just to exist, Hetty is determined her family will never starve or want for a roof over their heads.Longing for something better out of life than the daily grind of making matchboxes for a pittance, she dreams of setting up her own business. With the help of friends she sells hot potatoes on the streets and things begin to look up for them all. But when the tallyman comes calling, they are faced once more with a future full of hardship and despair ...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Constant Heart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDespite living by the side of the Thames, with its noise, disease and dirt, eighteen-year-old Rosina May has wanted for little in life. Until her father's feud with a fellow bargeman threatens to destroy everything. To save them all, Rosina agrees to marry Harry, the son of a wealthy merchant. But a chance encounter with a handsome river pirate has turned her head and she longs to meet him again.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen her father dies a broken man, Harry goes back on his promise and turns Rosina out onto the streets. She is forced to work the river herself, ferrying rubbish out of London and living rough. In spite of her hardships, she cannot forget her pirate and when tragedy threatens to strike once more she is forced to make a choice. But is she really prepared to risk everything for love?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMermaids Singing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn into poverty and living under the roof of her violent and abusive brother-in-law, young Kitty Cox dreams of working in a women's dress shop in the West End - a million miles away from the reality of her life as a mud-lark, scavenging on the banks of the Thames.Fate soon intervenes and Kitty finds herself working as a skivvy for Sir Desmond and Lady Arabella Mableton in Mayfair. Bullied by the kitchen maids, Kitty is soon taken under Lady Arabella's wing and for the first time in her life Kitty dares to hope.But Lady 'Bella' has a secret and unable to live with her domineering husband she decides to leave, fighting for custody of their daughter, Leonie. Kitty will do anything for her mistress but her loyalty is severely tested as all their lives are thrown into turmoil and Kitty faces a life of poverty and hardship in the slums of the East End once more ...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-isbn=\"9787293107067\" class=\"goodreadr\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n"}