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Mary Jane Staples
Lizzy was one of the prettiest girls in Walworth. Lizzy was a peach of a girl. When Lizzy fell in love it was 1914. Everyone was going to be affected…
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Pushy, rough, and none too clean (for it must have been Emily who passed on her head-lice to the Adams family), she had been the bane of Mrs Adams and…
In this conclusion to the Adams family saga, the author has captured the love and spirit of Cockney life. Here again are all the characters from Down Lambeth Way and…
Horace was ten, Ethel seven, when Jim Cooper, home from the trenches, minus an arm and just about managing on his own, found them huddled in a doorway on a…
Tim Parkes was three when his parents were killed in a train crash and he went to live with his Aunt May, first in New Cross, and then to Walworth…
Everyone loved Aunt Edie, especially the Andrews family. Jack Andrews had come home from World War I to find that his wife had abandoned him and their three children. Things…
Everyone liked Sergeant Joe. Quite a few people wondered why he didn’t get married. But it wasn’t until he bumped into Dolly Smith that he met a girl who made…
When Jamie Blair, twenty-four, unemployed, and back from the trenches, took lodgings at Larcom Street in Walworth, he had no idea he was walking into a trap. The house was…
1926 was the year of the General Strike, but Adams Enterprises, under the wily management of Sammy, youngest entrepreneur in Walworth and Lambeth, was doing very well. All the Adams…
There was a new family in Browning Street, Walworth - the Harrisons. Respectable and well-behaved, the only thing unusual about them was that Mr Harrison was never there. He was…
It was June 1916 when Sergeant Boots Adams of the Royal West Kents was billeted on the Descartes farm in Northern Frace. It came as something of a surprise to…
Horrace saw a pretty girl who worked as a shop assistant in Adams, and was bowled over. From then on he was in and out of the shop, trying to…
As the clouds of war gathered over Europe, Jonathan Hardy got his call-up papers. Boots, on the Officer’s Reserve list, was called onto the staff of General Sir Henry Sims…
It is 1940, and many of the members of the Adams family are caught up in the war in France. Boots and Tim both make it safely back, but of…
David, the elder son of Tommy and Vi Adams, meets Kate Trimble, a cockney girl from Camberwell who has just arrived in Ashleigh with her aunt. Kate and David establish…
From autumn 1941 to the first months of 1942, the war continued to affect the lives of the Adams and Somers families. It was not so much the war, however…
Excitement is running high in the Adams family. Mr Finch, after a long career in secret government work, is to be knighted. Chinese Lady is overwhelmed by the excitement, her…
It is 1953 and the Adams family are looking forward to the Coronation celebrations. Chinese Lady, now Lady Finch, worries that her friends will think she is too grand to…
Sammy Adams is always on the look-out for a new business opportunity. When he hears from his son David about the new-fangled supermarkets that are becoming all the rage in…
Edward Somers has been recovering from his wartime injuries in a small hotel in the South of France where he is an extremely popular guest. One day, he happens upon…
When Baroness Sophie von Korvacs meets British painter James Fraser one hot summer’s day in Vienna, the attraction is instant. A whirlwind romance follows, with Vienna bathed in the brilliance…
1925, a damp wintry night in Berlin. Englishman Philip Gibson, in Germany to seek the answers to a tantalising mystery surrounding the Grand Duchess Anastasia, witnesses an attack on Natasha…
When young British agent John Kirby comes to Russia in 1911 he is there to work and to explore a new and exciting country. He does not expect to fall…
The 1950s are in full swing, and the Adams family is blessed with many new additions. Boots and Sammy are kept up-to-date by the Adams youngsters, some of whom are…
Boots Adams celebrates his 60th birthday in style with an old-fashioned Cockney knees-up, even if Gemma, James and the rest of the younger people insist that the music has to…
Young Maisie Gibbs is a conscientious young woman, though life is harder since both her parents passed away. She is relieved when she finds a position as a housemaid in…
Mrs Hilda Jones is fed up with her dull husband. She thought marrying would liven him up, but after twenty-five years he’s just as boring as the day she married…
A double wedding was planned in Walworth. Sally Brown was marrying Horace Cooper, and her brother, Freddy, was getting hitched to his childhood sweetheart. But a bank robbery was also…
The war is only into its second year, but already it has claimed one victim from the Adams family. Emily, Boots’s cherished wife, has died in an air-raid,and the whole…
When fiery Bridget Cummings advertised for a lodger, she did not expect a policeman to apply for the room. She wasn’t fond of the coppers, but her younger brother and…
It is 1946, and with the war at last at an end, members of the Adams family who had been serving with the forces begin to come home. Boots is…
Brussels, 1915. It is a frosty April evening in occupied Belgium when a beautiful young woman finds herself on the run from the enemy. Also being pursued is Ned Scott…
It’s Austria, 1938. Anne von Korvacs watches in horror as Hitler’s tanks roll through the streets of Vienna, amid crowds of cheering supporters. Her embittered ex-husband, now a fervent member…
By Sunday Times bestseller Mary Jane Staples, this is the gritty and uplifting next instalment in the Adams Family saga. A mystery that will culminate - along with Will’s personal…
The house in Caulfield Place, off Browning Street in Walworth, was haunted, or at least that’s what the street kids said. So when two men, a woman, and a parrot…
In 1941, the United Kingdom was in desperate straits, standing alone with its troops against the colossal war machine of Nazi Germany. There was always Prime Minister Winston Churchill, however…
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It is 1944, and the Adams family, along with the rest of the people of the United Kingdom, are beginning to weary of the seemingly never-ending war against Hitler’s Germany…
By the year 1949, life in Walworth has almost returned to normal. Sammy and Boots, now in a highly successful partnership, are rebuilding the old family firm. But an old…
The seemingly endless war was at last coming to a conclusion. But for the country and for the Adams family, there were still many tribulations to be overcome. Flying bombs…
A young woman arrives who is intent on ruining Sammy Adams’ winter fashion show, and Sammy must deal with her unwelcome attention. Boots has to find a solution when one…
It’s 1959, and Boots Adams and his wife Polly are at their favourite Camberwell pub when they witness with horror a sudden and vicious attack on the barman, Joe, by…
As the 1950s progreess, several unexpected happenings ruffle the usually calm atmosphere of Adams family life. The older generation are more than a little surprised at what they see around…
A saga of London life from the author of Down Lambeth Way and Our Emily.
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For fans of Katie Flynn & Fiona Valpy, this is an exhilarating romantic journey across war-torn Europe from the multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples. READERS ARE LOVING A WARTIME…
A must read for fans of Katie Flynn, Fiona Valpy and Kristin Hannah - this is an enthralling and gripping romantic adventure from the multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples…
An impetuous decision to marry has left the young Lady Caroline widowed and with two estates in her name. She is now in a position to live her life to…
Everyone liked Sergeant Joe. From the huge jolly Beavis family with whom he had lodgings in Newington Butts, to Mr George Singleton, Charing Cross Road bookseller, who employed Joe in…
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