ELIZABETH
LORD
Elizabeth writes mostly family sagas, set in the East End of London where
she was born. Twice widowed, Elizabeth now lives in Billericay, Essex. She
began her writing career with short stories published in various magazines
during the 1970s.
In the late 1980s she turned to writing novels, her first being published in
1992 with Piatkus Publishing Ltd, London and has now had eighteen novels
published, selling in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, as well as Europe and
her most recent ones by Severn House Publishers Ltd with an office in New
York, USA, are now sold in the USA as well. Her latest book, TO CAST A
STONE, is about a girl’s search for her father in order to exact revenge on
him for what he did to her as a child of fifteen. The book came out in May
of this year and like all her others can be found in all the libraries as
well as libraries across the USA. In addition to family sagas, Elizabeth
Lord writes historical faction. Her latest novel with Severn House is A
SECRET INHERITANCE to be published 30th November 2007.
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Elizabeth Lord
This
is a compelling saga set in the late 19th century. As a young child, living
in a small village near Toulouse in the heart of the French countryside,
little Therese Daurignac had grown up listening to her father's stories of a
secret inheritance. Therese had believed in those stories, even if few
others shared her romantic faith in her spendthrift, unreliable father. Many
years later, at his funeral, Therese looks back at her own struggles to rise
above misfortune, and to uncover the truth about her father's mysterious
past, especially the contents of his secret strongbox... 
This
is a compelling saga set in turn-of-the-century London. When their mother
dies of pneumonia, worn down by poverty and hard work, young Ellie Jay and
her sister Dora are left alone in the world. Their hard-drinking, womanising
father has abandoned them, and they cannot afford the rent on their East End
tenement. Terrified of being taken into an orphanage, and determined to seek
revenge on her father, Ellie cannot turn down an offer of help from Doctor
Lowe, a kindly man who sees in Ellie the replacement for his own recently
deceased daughter. Though Doctor Lowe's motives are misguided - and earn him
the wrath of his wife - his kindness offers Ellie and Dora an opportunity to
escape the grinding poverty of their background and, ultimately, to make
something of themselves... 
Towards the end of the
fourteenth century, much of England's population is seething over the
unpopular poll tax levied under the reign of Richard II. In the small Essex
village of Fobbing, a band of peasants, brought to breaking point by
poverty, is incited to revolt. Led by the blacksmith John Melle and his best
friend, Tom Baker, the peasants make their way into London to protest
against the unjust taxes that are causing such hardship across the country.
But even against such a revolutionary backdrop, when the group must stick
together for the good of their cause, trouble looms between the two friends
as John embarks on a misguided affair with Tom's wife, Marjory. Not only
does that put an end to their friendship, it becomes John's biggest regret
throughout his life - particularly when the uprising fails and Tom is
sentenced to death for treason...