Patchwork (U)

by Maureen Peters

'Possibly Tyler's best book yet - which must make it pretty near perfection' - THE TIMES When a catholic boy elopes with a Jewish girl the stage is set fora family feud that will affect three generations from the turn of the century to the end of the Second World War. Piece by piece the patchwork of many lives and destinies is stitched, the story moving from Italy to Wales, and finally onto Germany where the Gestapo are a lingering menace to those of Jewish descent.

428 pages, Hardcover

First published May 25, 1989

About the author

Maureen Peters was born in Caernarvon, Wales, on March 3, 1935, and was married and divorced twice; she has two sons and two daughters. In addition to biographical fiction, historical romances, and mystery novels written under her own name, other noms de plume include Veronica Black, Catherine Darby, Levanah Lloyd, Belinda Grey, Elizabeth Law, Judith Rothman, and Sharon Whitby.

She was educated at grammar school and attended the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a diploma of Education. For some time she taught disabled children, and then took up writing. She has produced many books and contributed short stories to many magazines. Peters is also known as a Bronte scholar.

Her novels, which easily number over one hundred, have often focused on royalty, mostly the War of the Roses and Tudor period, and cover the lives of Elizabeth I of England, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, as well as of other famous and less famous historical figures such as Edward II of England, the many Queen consorts of various Kings of England. Apart from biographical fiction on royalty (written under her own name), she also wrote Gothic romances, family sagas, Mills & Boon series titles, and contemporary mysteries.