Rona Randall
Author of Dragonmede
About the Author
Series
Works by Rona Randall
The Gates of Home 1 copy
L'Aventure transatlantique 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Shambrook, Rona Green
- Other names
- Randall, Rona
Shambrook, Rona
Standage, Virginia - Birthdate
- 1911-06-16
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- actor
journalist
travel writer
novelist - Organizations
- Women's Press Club of London (1962-1963)
Society of Sussex Authors
Kent Writers Association - Relationships
- Shambrook, Frederick Walter (husband)
- Short biography
- Rona Green was born on 16 June 1911 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK. Her education includes: Pitmans College in London, a Diploma in English Literature at Royal Society of Art, Birkenhead School of Art Literary. She married Frederick Walter Shambrook, and had a son.
A former actress, before writing, she worked also as journalist and sub-director of publishing company Amalgamated Press, and as assistant editor of George Newnes Ltd. Published since 1942, she started publishing mainly contemporary doctor nurse romances, before writing also gothic romances, and when the market for gothic novels softened, she wrote historical mystery romances. In 1970, Broken Tapestry, her contemporary novel about a broken family, won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. In 1989, she wrote her The Model Wife: Nineteenth Century Style, a book about social constumbres, including clothing. In 1992, she wrote Writing Popular Fiction, a complete guide for writers. - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
This is a Victorian romance, set in 1880s Sussex, England. Our heroine, Eustacia, marries into an aristocratic family living in the impressive yet gloomy mansion of the title. She soon begins to realize that all is not as it seems (is it ever?) with her dashing husband, his family or even her own past. Mysteries, and soon physical danger, begin to swirl around her.
I enjoyed this book. The characterizations were fine, within the expectations of the genre. The plot twists were interesting, show more usually neither telegraphed nor too abrupt. The plot's culmination is kind of rushed and the developments within the falling action, mercifully brief, can be forecast a mile away. Those are relatively small gripes, however. I'm certainly no expert on this genre, but for anyone who finds these old time romances (this one was written in 1972) to be fun to read from time to time, this one, while perhaps not at the very top of the craft, is at any rate good, relaxing fun. show less
I enjoyed this book. The characterizations were fine, within the expectations of the genre. The plot twists were interesting, show more usually neither telegraphed nor too abrupt. The plot's culmination is kind of rushed and the developments within the falling action, mercifully brief, can be forecast a mile away. Those are relatively small gripes, however. I'm certainly no expert on this genre, but for anyone who finds these old time romances (this one was written in 1972) to be fun to read from time to time, this one, while perhaps not at the very top of the craft, is at any rate good, relaxing fun. show less
Lovely story of a young lady raised in scandalous circumstances in London, marrying into a wealthy family and coming home to the family seat. She loves her new husband, but there seems to be some underlying tensions concerning her husband's real character, and the real reason he married her. Interesting characters and quite reminiscent of Victoria Holt.
I didn't expect to enjoy this book, but it was wonderful. Randall wove a deliciously intricate web.
En el apasionante y difícil mundo de las pujantes industrias alfareras de la Inglaterra del siglo XVIII, Joseph Drayton, maestro alfarero y cabeza de familia, coge las riendas de la industria familiar para resarcirla del deterioro a que su padre, un hombre romántico y soñador, la ha precipitado.Pero la desmedida ambición de Joseph le lleva a enfrentarse con sus hermanos:Martin, un joven de gran talento para el diseño de modelos de alta calidad, a quien Joseph impone un leonino contrato show more de aprendizaje y le somete a draconianas reglas de obediencia; y Jessica, una muchacha emprendedora, de carácter independiente e indomable voluntad, que, tras un poaso en falso que amenaza con destruir su vida, lucha con todas sus fuerzas para forjarse una existencia de plenitud junto a su marido, Simon Kendall, un hombre sensato y noble cuyos proyectos de canales para mejorar las vías de comunicación fluvial en la región tal vez le deparen fama y fortuna. show less
Feb 10, 2012Spanish
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- Works
- 66
- Members
- 373
- Popularity
- #64,663
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 107
- Languages
- 3