THIRTYTWO
Harry Simms plots the downfall of Robert Dyce.
Emma Cookson continues her gripping story of love and revenge set in a Yorkshire valley in the 19th Century.
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February 16, 2012
February 09, 2012
THIRTYONE
...Life, as well as death, had always been convenient for Harry. His brother had always got what he wanted...
Robert Dyce is forced to consider why he hates his brother Harry so much.
Emma Cookson continues her not-to-be-missed story of love and revenge set in the 19th Century.
February 02, 2012
THIRTY
...Harry looked at the glass in his hand and put it on the table. He carried his breeding as easily as he wore his shirt. Harry Simms was elegant even when he was not trying. He was a gentleman, and that was not a comment upon his nature, but upon his birth and his upbringing.
Beth had seen him before, at a distance, but had never spoken to him. His name had been whispered throughout her childhood, in the way that the bogeyman was mentioned, but he didn't seem to be a bogeyman. The class difference between the brothers was obvious. Robert might also be a gentleman, but of a different quality...
Jenny has a surprise meeting with Harry Simms.
Emma Cookson continues her gripping yarn set in the 19th Century.
January 26, 2012
TWENTYNINE
Harry still finds time to do business at the funeral of the man he murdered.
Emma Cookson continues her enthralling story of love and revenge set in a Yorkshire valley in the 19th Century.
January 19, 2012
TWENTYEIGHT
...He and Arthur had had much in common. Arthur had been so far removed from his family in Sussex that he had now acquired a small plot of land in a rainswept churchyard in Yorkshire. Not really fair, when he had been hoping for a plantation in the Indies with dusky maidens willing to roll his cigar upon their inner thighs...
Emma Cookson continues her must-read novel of romance and revenge set in the 19th Century.
January 12, 2012
TWENTYSEVEN
...Arthur’s face contorted between fear and anger. He knew he was moments from death and, at the last, the anger won and he stared defiantly up the bank.
“Damn you, Harry. I swear I’ll come back and take you to hell where you belong.”...
Emma Cookson continues her dramatic tale of love and revenge set in the 19th Century.
January 05, 2012
TWENTYSIX
...Mind, to quote his father, remaining financially stable had, at times, been a close run thing. Three ventures had been attempted and three ventures had failed. The final one had been a success for two years until the ship, in which they had invested, sank in a storm in the Biscay. It had been carrying slaves, an illegal cargo since Britain had abolished slavery, and, in consequence, a highly profitable one...
Two rogues plot a further drunken adventure.
Emma Cookson continues the vigorous tale of love and revenge set in the 19th Century.
December 29, 2011
TWENTYFIVE
...I have an idea or two. Thought we might discuss them. Damn good ideas. Make a fortune. Just short of the funds to put them into practice.”...
The Honourable, and dissolute, Arthur Petty returns from Australia to visit his old friend and partner in lust, Harry.
Emma Cookson continues her vivid tale of romance and revenge set in the 19th Century Yorkshire.
December 22, 2011
TWENTYFOUR
Robert Dyce arranges a grand picnic.
Emma Cookson continues her engrossding story set in the Nineteenth Century of love and revenge.
December 15, 2011
TWENTYTHREE
..."One of these days, Beth, you will push me too far. I love you dearly, but there are some liberties you should not presume to take." He forced a smile and raised a hand to his hat at a greeting from across the field. "I think, perhaps, it's time we rejoined your parents and called a truce before the heat of our words precipitates a coldness neither of us desires."...
Robert Dyce fights to control his temper after being told some home truths about his motives.
Emma Cookson continues her brilliant story, set in the 19th Century, of love and revenge.
December 08, 2011
TWENTYTWO
...Robert said, "It is likely to become even more entertaining later. I have heard the men from Skelmanthorpe have arrived."
Cosmo looked blank. "Skelmanthorpe?"
Gertie laughed, and said, "It is a village in which it is said that a whole man does not exist, having lost fingers, ears or noses, owing to their love of personal warfare."...
There's wild goings-on at Brockley feast.
Emma Cookson continues her superbly entertaining tale set in a Yorkshire valley in the 19th Century.
December 01, 2011
TWENTYONE
...During their conversations, the plan began to formulate in Robert's mind. He had discovered it was easy to be accepted as someone else and his conscience was untroubled by lying to Bunsen. Their friendship was sealed by chance as they left the bordello in the early hours and were attacked by footpads. Bunsen cowered while Robert shot one and pistol whipped the other...
Emma Cookson continues her dramatic tale of love and revenge set in the 19th Century.
November 24, 2011
TWENTY
...He saw a drunken Sioux at the Fort and was not impressed, but the savages who attacked them on the second day of their journey west were a different breed. They were aloof, arrogant and terrifying. Big Tom Black said they were Cheyenne and, as he was the only one of them with frontier experience, they accepted his word and his guidance...
Emma Cookson, continuing her gripping story of love and revenge set in the 19th Centgury, tells of hero Robert Dtce's early days in America.
November 17, 2011
TWENTY
...He had paid £3 5s for a steerage berth aboard the 2,000 ton clipper Emma Fields from Liverpool to New York. His ticket guaranteed him 18 inches on a bunk plus luggage space. He had little luggage but he stocked up on provisions, on the advice of a sailor he met in an alehouse, and kept the £100 his mother had given him as his inheritance in a money belt around his waist...
Emma Cookson continues her engaging tale of romance and revenge set in the 19th Century.
November 10, 2011
Nineteeen
...Robert had retained a fondness for box seven and reserved it every night he was in town. The rabble in the pit booed him with good nature as a matter of course, for they believed he’d become the sole proprietor of Singing Jenny's affections.
He acknowledged their misconception with a smile and a wave of his hand but deterred, with a steely gaze, approaches from gentlemen who wished to make his acquaintance, and who were now obliged to pay other young ladies for surreptitious visits to their boxes.,,
Emma Cookson continues her gripping story of love and revenge set in the 19th Century.
November 03, 2011
EIGHTEEN
...Beth turned from the window and flopped on the bed. That old goat Ferguson had taken her childhood innocence but there was no point harbouring regrets. Was innocence such a fine commodity anyway? Perhaps she should have thanked him for removing what could have been an encumbrance. If she’d escaped his clutches with her innocence preserved, it might have acquired false significance...
Emma Cookson continues her tale of romance and revenge set in the 19th Century.
October 27, 2011
SEVENTEEN
..."As I was saying, we are all interested in the improvement of our class for, as Mr Disraeli says, our Queen reigns over two nations, those of the rich and the poor. She rules an empire that has banished slavery but a nation in which slavery thrives in mills and factories and mines.”...
Robert Dyce declares that he thinks it is time for England to abolish the slavery of Englishmen.
Emma Cookson continues an enthralling story of love and revenge set in the 19th Century.
October 20, 2011
SIXTEEN
...“Every year, the embankment weakens. In bad weather, you can see the leaks. If we experienced an extended and severe rainfall, the wall would not hold. The waters would ..."...
Robert Dyce confronts his brother Harry about the safety of the local reservoir.
Emma Cookson continues her must-read story of love and revenge set in the 19th Century.
October 13, 2011
FIFTEEN
"Jane sat by the window, the needlework idle in her hands. Time heals, the vicar had said, but it hadn’t yet healed. She doubted it ever would.';'
Emma Cookson continues her wonderfully engaging story of romance and revenge set in the 19th Century.
October 06, 2011
FOURTEEN
..."Safe as houses, Harry. It never gets full. We run it off. If the weather gets bad, we leave the sluices open. What’s this sudden concern?" He laughed. "The great unwashed down the valley could do with a bath, if a few gallons slopped over the top."...
Industrialist Obadiah Frost his more interested in maintaining his production and profits than in repairing a leaking dam.
Emma Cookson continues the gripping story of love and revenge set in the 19th Century.
September 29, 2011
THIRTEEN
..."Has anybody discovered what exactly needs to be done to make the reservoir safe?"
"Oh yes. We have a surveyor's report that is quite detailed. Its most pertinent detail is the cost. Full repairs would mean the expenditure of £7,800."...
Emma Cookson continues her well-researched and believable novel of love and revenge set in a Yorkshire mill valley in the 19th Century.
September 22, 2011
TWELVE
...Cosmo Pinkerton was still slightly surprised that he was now engaged upon a mission that had brought him across the Atlantic from their offices in Chicago to the streets of Bradfield.
He had arrived that morning from Liverpool and had been impressed by the town's newly completed railway station, with its pedimented porticoes and Corinthian columns. As another admirer had observed, it had the appearance of a stately home for railway engines...
Cosmo, newly arrived from America, has come to town asking after Robert Dyce.
Emma Cookson continues her novel of love and revenge set in the 19th Century.
September 15, 2011
ELEVEN
Robert Dyce, newly retu8rned from America, reveals to his relative Beth how he made a huge fortune.
Emma Cookson continues her engaging story set in the 19th Century.
September 08, 2011
TEN
...Robert had been told by Arnold Pallister that the mills were once more being run in the old fashioned way, under-age children were employed, hours were long and wages had been cut. Only lip service had been paid to the diluted legislation that had been passed.
Perhaps he could make a difference?...
Emma Cookson continues a vivid story of romance and revenge set in the 19th Century.
September 01, 2011
NINE
...Beth sang, as she had sung as a child, without accompaniment, and her voice swept out of the windows and those on the bridge fell silent as they listened to the eloquence of the popular verse that told the tale of the hardships and long hours of a seamstress, but which easily translated to the lives of every working man, woman and child...
Emma Cookson continues her novel of love and revenge set in the 19th Century.
August 25, 2011
EIGHT
...Heads turned when they entered the town and Beth enjoyed the attention. Her dress was modest but new and her shawl expensive and she wore a bonnet whose brim framed her face. With Robert by her side, she knew they cut a dash...
Emma Cookson continues her engrossing tale of love and revenge, set in the 19th Century.
August 18, 2011
SEVEN
...Perhaps it was because she was a stranger that he felt able to talk about his past and to unburden himself. Perhaps because he thought his tale of woe might impress her and make her reconsider her condemnation. Perhaps because putting it into words might lead him towards his next course of action...
Robert Dyce tells Singing Jenny his story, and in return he hears hers.
Emma Cookson continues her tale of love and revenge set in the 19th Century.
August 11, 2011
SIX
...Memories returned and he glanced sideways at a dressing table. His wallet lay upon it alongside the Samuel Colt revolver. For a moment, he wondered if the wallet contained all that it should and he felt her reading his thoughts and sensed they were unworthy...
Robert Dyce wakes from his drunken slumber to discover that he has spent the night in Jenny's bedroom.
Emma Cookson continues a tale of romance and revenge set in the 19th Century.
August 04, 2011
FIVE
"My lords, ladies and gentlemen," he said stridently, and the mob in the pit brayed with laughter, "and those deceivers among you whose matrimonial partners believe you to be attending a meeting of charitable works." More laughter and knowing looks at the boxes. "Friends, patrons and countrymen, lend me your eyes and ears and senses, for the return on stage of that darling child we would all love to crush to our bosom, our own, our very own, Singing Jenny."
Emma Cookson continues her evocative 19th Century tale of passion and revernge.
July 28, 2011
FOUR
...Singing Jenny, the star attraction of Burke's Music Hall, was in the box of Titus Hirst, a man of substantial property and girth, who could usually be satisfied with a quick fumble between songs....
Emma Cookson continues a story of passion and disaster set in the 19th Century.
July 21, 2011
THREE
...His ride from the hall had started in anger and despair. He had travelled 6,000 miles only to arrive hours too late. He leapt from the saddle outside the church with vague intentions of disrupting the service, when an elderly man stepped from the shadow's of the lych-gate and said, "Master Robert."...
Emma Cookson continues her engaging new novel of passion and disaster set in the 19th Century.
July 14, 2011
TWO
..."Mistress Jane gets wed today." He banged the planks on the trestle behind him. "I'm setting the tables for the feast."..
Robert Dyce, returning to his home in Yorkshire after making his fortune in America, hears ther worst possible news.
Ace story teller Emma Cookson her novel which is available on Amazon Kindle
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July 07, 2011
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Today is a Red Letter day for Open Writing. We begin the serialisation of a new novel by ace professional story-teller Emma Cookson.
This story of passion and disaster set in the 19th century can be purchased on Amazon Kindle http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005966G30.
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