Mary Jane Staples
Mary Jane Staples was born and brought up in the Walworth area of South London. She now lives in Surrey and is the author of over thirty bestselling novels about cockney life, many of which feature the well-loved Adams family.
Featured Books, with extracts, by Mary Jane Staples
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Out of the Shadows
Mary Jane Staples
The delicious cockney sagas featuring her much extended Adams family continue with shadows from the past causing trouble. Comparison: Lynda Page, Meg Hutchinson, Joan Jonker. Similar this month: Audrey Howard.
Format: Paperback (a Format) - Released: 01/09/2005
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Ups and Downs
Mary Jane Staples
The continuing saga of the troubles and strife in 1950s Walworth of the Adams family and as ever it really hits the mark
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2005
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A Girl Next Door
Mary Jane Staples
Family saga at its best from a household name. Fashion retailer Boots Adams is celebrating his sixtieth birthday with a good old-fashioned cockney knees-up. The new generation however is growing up and further changes are on the way. A big...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2004
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Books by Mary Jane Staples
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The Longest Winter
Mary Jane Staples
When Baroness Sophie von Korvacs meets British painter James Fraser one hot summer's day in Vienna, the attraction is instant. A whirlwind romance follows, and when James proposes to Sophie it seems a fitting end to that wonderful summer. But...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/12/2009
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The Summer Day is Done
Mary Jane Staples
When young British agent John Kirby comes to Russia in 1911, he does not expect to fall in love. But an invitation to a ball from the Tsar changes all that and, after an evening of dancing and romance, John...
Format: Hardback - Released: 16/07/2009
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Katerina's Secret
Mary Jane Staples
Charming, handsome Edward Somers has been recovering from his wartime injuries in a small hotel in the South of France where he is an extremely popular guest. One day, he happens upon a nearby villa, within which lives a mysterious...
Format: Hardback - Released: 11/09/2008
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A Wartime Marriage
Mary Jane Staples
It is 1918; the Kaiser's empire is about to fall and Captain Harry Phillips, a prisoner of war in a Romanian hospital, is given an offer, a ticket home to England and to the arms of his fiancee Elizabeth. But...
Format: Hardback - Released: 15/01/2008
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The Price of Freedom
Mary Jane Staples
Mrs Hilda Jones is fed up with her dull husband. She thought marrying would liven him up, but after twenty-five years he's just as boring as the day she married him , and now she wants to lead her own...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/09/2007
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The Soldier's Girl
Mary Jane Staples
Young Maisie is a conscientious young woman, though life is harder since both her parents passed away. She is relieved when she finds a position as a housemaid, under the watchful eyes of the formidable housekeeper, Mrs Carpenter, and she...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2006
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The Longest Winter
Mary Jane Staples
When Baroness Sophie von Korvacs meets British painter James Fraser one hot summer's day in Vienna, the attraction is instant. A whirlwind romance follows, with Vienna bathed in the brilliance of the last days of the emperor. And when James...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/12/2009
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The Summer Day is Done
Mary Jane Staples
When young British agent John Kirby comes to Russia in 1911 he is there to work and to explore a new and exciting country. He does not expect to fall in love, but an invitation to a ball from the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/07/2009
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Katerina's Secret
Mary Jane Staples
Edward Somers has been recovering from his wartime injuries in a small hotel in the South of France where he is an extremely popular guest. One day, he happens upon a nearby villa, within which lives a mysterious and beautiful...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/12/2008
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A Wartime Marriage
Mary Jane Staples
It is 1918; the Kaiser's empire is about to fall and Captain Harry Phillips, a prisoner of war in a Romanian hospital, has had a very hard time of it. Then, out of the blue, comes an offer he can't...
Format: Paperback - Released: 14/01/2008
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The Price of Freedom
Mary Jane Staples
Mrs Hilda Jones is fed up with her dull husband. She thought marrying would liven him up, but after twenty-five years he's just as boring as the day she married him , and now she wants to lead her own...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/09/2007
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Escape to London
Mary Jane Staples
Austria, 1938. Anne von Korvacs watches in horror as Hitler's tanks roll through the streets of Vienna, amid crowds of cheering supporters. Her embittered ex-husband, now a fervent supporter of the Reich, is among the cavalcade - he is burning...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/01/2007
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The Soldier's Girl
Mary Jane Staples
Young Maisie Gibbs is a conscientious young woman, though life is harder since both her parents passed away. She is relieved when she finds a position as a housemaid in Kensington, under the watchful eyes of the formidable housekeeper, Mrs...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2006
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A Sign of the Times
Mary Jane Staples
Boots Adams and his wife Polly are at their favourite Camberwell pub when they witness with horror a sudden and vicious attack on the barman, Joe, by a knife-wielding thug. Is this a sign of the times? Is contempt for...
Format: Paperback - Released: 16/01/2006
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Out of the Shadows
Mary Jane Staples
Times move on for the Adams family in east London, and as business prospers, there are new worries to deal with. A young woman arrives who is intent on ruining Sammy Adam's winter fashion show, and Sammy must deal with...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2005
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Ups and Downs
Mary Jane Staples
Follow the story of the Adams family of Walworth in the other novels of Mary Jane Staples, all published by Corgi Books.
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2005
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A Girl Next Door
Mary Jane Staples
Boots Adams celebrates his 60th birthday in style with an old-fashioned Cockney knees-up, even if Gemma, James and the rest of the younger people insist that the music has to be rock and roll. Meanwhile, there are changes on the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2004
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Family Fortunes
Mary Jane Staples
The 1950s are in full swing, and the Adams family is blessed with many new additions. Boots and Sammy are kept up-to-date by the Adams youngsters, some of whom are now working in the family business. Sammy, meanwhile, has trouble...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2004
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Spreading Wings
Mary Jane Staples
Sammy Adams is always on the look-out for a new business opportunity. When he hears from his son David about the new-fangled supermarkets that are becoming all the rage in America, he immediately starts looking for a suitable site in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/09/2003
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Changing Times
Mary Jane Staples
It is 1953 and the Adams family are looking forward to the Coronation celebrations. Chinese Lady, now Lady Finch, worries that her friends will think she is too grand to mingle with them. But her husband has a more pressing...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2003
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Sons and Daughters
Mary Jane Staples
By the year 1949, life in Walworth has almost returned to normal. Sammy and Boots, now in a highly successful partnership, are rebuilding the old family firm. But an old enemy resurfaces - Mr Ben Ford, better known as the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2002
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The Homecoming
Mary Jane Staples
It is 1946, and most members of the Adams family who had been serving with the forces begin to come home. But grandson Daniel is still serving in an army unit out of Palestine and his fiancee, Patsy, is counting...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2001
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The Way Ahead
Mary Jane Staples
It is 1944, and the Adams family, along with the rest of the people of the United Kingdom, are beginning to weary of the seemingly never-ending war against Hitler's Germany. As plans for the long-awaited invasion of France get under...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2000
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Tomorrow is Another Day
Mary Jane Staples
From autumn 1941 to the first months of 1942, the war continued to affect the lives of the Adams and Somers families. It was not so much the war, however, as a succession of tragic domestic events that brought a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2000
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Churchill's People
Mary Jane Staples
It is 1941 and the country stands alone with its troops against Nazi Germany. The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, induces a determination to endure in his people which is shared by the Adams family. Emma settles into married life, and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/01/1999
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Fire Over London
Mary Jane Staples
The war is only into its second year, but already it has claimed one victim from the Adams family. Emily, Boots' wife, has died in an air-raid, and the whole family mourns her. But for Polly Simms the prospect of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/09/1998
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Family at War
Mary Jane Staples
It is 1940, and many of the members of the Adams family are caught up in the war in France. Boots and Tim both make it safely back, but of Bobby there is no sign. However he is alive, but...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/1998
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The Last Summer
Mary Jane Staples
As the clouds of war gathered over Europe, Jonathan Hardy got his call-up papers. Boots, on the Officer's Reserve list, was called onto the staff of General Sir Henry Sims, and Polly Sims herself joined the auxiliaries. Suddenly there was...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/1997
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The Young Ones
Mary Jane Staples
Horrace saw a pretty girl who worked as a shop assistant in Adams, and was bowled over. From then on he was in and out of the shop, trying to persuade Miss Sally Brown to come out with him. Meanwhile...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/1996
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Echoes of Yesterday
Mary Jane Staples
It was June 1916 when Sergeant Boots Adams of the Royal West Kents was billeted on the Descartes farm in Northern Frace. It came as something of a surprise to discover that the land was being managed by a young...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/1995
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Pride of Walworth
Mary Jane Staples
There was a new family in Browning Street, Walworth - the Harrisons. Respectable and well-behaved, the only thing unusual about them was that Mr Harrison was never there. He was a sailor, said Ma Harrison, away fighting pirates in the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/1995
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A Family Affair
Mary Jane Staples
1926 was the year of the General Strike, but Adams Enterprises, under the wily management of Sammy, youngest entrepreneur in Walworth and Lambeth, was doing very well. All the Adams brothers worked in the business, and so did two of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/1994
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The Trap
Mary Jane Staples
When Jamie Blair, twenty-four, unemployed, and back from the trenches, took lodgings at Larcom Street in Walworth, he had no idea he was walking into a trap. The house was owned by Henry Mullins, big, burly, and a hard drinker....
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/1993
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On Mother Brown's Doorstep
Mary Jane Staples
The big event of the Walworth year was to be the wedding of Sammy Adams, King of Camberwell, to Miss Susie Brown. And over Walworth hung a greater anxiety - the mystery of three young girls missing from their homes...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/1993
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The Pearly Queen
Mary Jane Staples
Everyone loved Aunt Edie, especially the Andrews family. Jack Andrews had come home from World War I to find that his wife had abandoned him and their three children. Things were tough for them until Aunt Edie moved in and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/1992
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Down Lambeth Way
Mary Jane Staples
Lizzy was one of the prettiest girls in Walworth. Lizzy was a peach of a girl. When Lizzy fell in love it was 1914. Everyone was going to be affected, things were going to change. But whatever happened, the Adams...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/07/1988
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