- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Arrow; New Ed edition (1 July 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099279126
- ISBN-13: 978-0099279129
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 2.5 x 17.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 356,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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COPPER KINGDOM is set at the turn of the century in the South Wales town of Sweyn's Eye - the old name for Swansea, where Iris Gower has lived all her life. The story centres around two families and one woman. The families clash through years of class welfare, drama, heartache and love affairs, for in every way they stand opposed. The Richardsons are copper barons - lords of the Sweyn's Eye copper smelting industry, rich, powerful, facing only reluctantly the possibility that their wealth may be in jeopardy as the demand for copper wanes. The Llewelyns are a poor family, facing every day the prospect of unemployment and all its attendant miseries - too poor to afford more than a pauper's funeral when Mrs Llewelyn dies, too proud to allow the neighbours to know. Linking these two very different families is one fiery and determined woman - Mali Llewelyn. On her shoulders rest the burden of the family fortunes. When she is offered a job in the local laundry she takes it - determined to fight her way to prosperity as a businesswoman, while in secret she battles with her hopeless love for Sterling Richardson, heir to the copper kingdom of Sweyn's Eye.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Iris Gower write of Welsh people of past generations, their disasters and their triumphs and how history affected their lives. Drama, tragedy, murder and drug smuggling are some of the subjects Iris Gower covers in her novels, as well as gentler subjects such as oyster fishing and agriculture. Copper Kingdom, as the title suggests tells the story of the men, women and children living during the hard times of the Copper smelting. It the first book of her Sweynes eye series, I found once I started reading it, I could not put it down! Pick up a copy and follow the life and times of Rhian Gray, her friends, and loves, as she struggles to live her life in the Copper Kingdom.
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Very good book
7 April 2000
Format:Hardcover
This was a very good book. I became so attached to the characters that I was sad to see it end. A great read!
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