John Wheatley: 3 books

Three narratives of love and loss are interwoven in John Wheatley's third novel which, like its predecessors, is set on the isle of Anglesey, North Wales. Spanning 350 years, from English Civil War to present day, a ruined mansion provides the link between past and present. Meanwhile, the `weeping...

In 1859, `The Royal Charter`, a steam clipper, returning from Melbourne, carrying 500 passengers and crew, and laden with bullion from the Australian gold fields, was wrecked in hurricane conditions at Moelfre, on the coast of Anglesey. Only forty people survived. A hundred and fifty years later,...

The novel is set in 1817, in the town of Amlwch on the north coast of Anglesey, North Wales. During the late 18th century the exploitation of rich copper reserves on Parys Mountain, close to Amlwch, led to a rapid expansion of the town and the development of a flourishing port; it was copper from...