The Catherine Cookson Collection [DVD]

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A collection of 23 dramas based on the novels of Catherine Cookson: 'The Mallen Secret', 'The Mallen Curse', 'The Mallen Girls', 'The Mallen Streak', 'The Fifteen Streets', 'The Wingless Bird', 'The Round Tower', 'The Black Velvet Gown', 'The Black Candle', 'The Rag Nymph', 'The Moth', 'The Girl', 'The Tide of Life', 'The Glass Virgin', 'The Gambling Man', 'The Man Who Cried', 'The Cinder Path', 'The Dwelling Place', 'The Colour Blind', 'The Tilly Trotter', 'The Storyteller', 'The Secret' and 'Dinner of Herbs'. Cookson received the Freedom of the Borough of South Tyneside, and an honorary degree from the University of Newcastle. Cookson wrote almost 100 books, which sold more than 123 million copies, her novels being translated into at least 20 languages. The mini series regularly attracted audiences over 10 million and are still showing in the UK on Drama and the Yesterday Channel. She moved to East Jarrow, which would become the setting for one of her best-known novels, The Fifteen Streets.

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Cookson was portrayed by actress Kerry Browne in the 2018 award-winning film Our Catherine, co-written by Tom Kelly. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. Biographer Kathleen Jones tracked down her father, whose name was Alexander Davies, a bigamist and gambler from Lanarkshire, Scotland.

It was on television, however, that she had her greatest media success, with a series of dramas that appeared over the course of a decade on ITV and achieved huge ratings.

Catherine Cookson Complete Collection (24 Disc Box Set) [DVD]

Despite this, she was a gifted storyteller from an early age and loved to read books about strong women who faced adversity. She remained the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK for 17 years, [12] up until four years after her death, losing the top spot to Jacqueline Wilson only in 2002.

She left school at 14 and, after a period of domestic service, [7] took a laundry job at Harton Workhouse [5] in South Shields.

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Her foundation continues to make donations to worthy causes in the UK, particularly those offering services to young people and cultural ventures, such as the Tyneside Cinema.We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. She also wrote books under the pseudonyms Catherine Marchant [10] and a name derived from her childhood name, Katie McMullen. Catherine Cookson remains one of the worlds most celebrated and beloved novelists with over 90 books published and 123 million copies sold.

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Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at ourwarehouse. In 1992 the inaugural Catherine Cookson Prize took place and was won by author Val Wood and her debut novel, The Hungry Tide, which subsequently went on to become a best-seller. As her health declined, they moved for a final time, back to Jesmond in 1989 to be nearer to medical facilities.In March 2008, the Dame Catherine Cookson Memorial Garden was unveiled in the grounds of South Tyneside District Hospital in South Shields, based on the theme of a serpentine symbol, commonly used to symbolise health and caring.