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The Mourning Brooch saga encompasses the period from 1839 when Elizabeth married Joseph Addy and ends during World War II when Dorothy inherited the brooch from her mother. BOOK ONE covers 38 years as far as 1876, from Joseph’s courting Elizabeth, their wedding, her death and up to the marriages of their two daughters.
- THE MOURNING BROOCH Book Two – Moving On – Jean Renwick
This sequel picks up the story in 1878 when the two sisters,...
- THE MOURNING BROOCH Book Two – Moving On – Jean Renwick
The Mourning Brooch: BOOK ONE An Ending. A Beginning. Paperback – 20 Sept. 2021. by Jean Renwick (Author) 4.4 23 ratings. See all formats and editions. When Elizabeth Addy died in 1849, she left her grieving farmer husband to care for their two daughters, one six years old, the other still a baby.
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The Mourning Broochwas a tale of an elaborate chase through the business and criminal underworld of Glasgow and the Clyde coast in search of a missing heir. The series was filmed between 4 April and 17 May 1977 both in Studio 'A' at Broadcasting House, Glasgowand on film location. Roderick Graham said in 1977: "This is being made for Scotland only....
Hazel Holt in Television Todaywrote that it although the serial was not "startlingly original" it had "a plot that thickened and simmered nicely":
Ray Campion: Bryan MarshallGowrie Bannerman: Andrew CruickshankTessa: Cyd HaymanNapier: Tom WatsonWhile style was defined in the 19th century for mourning, these brooches are easily identifiable today as being for the purpose of mourning. From the use of black enamel to the stylised ‘In Memory Of’, each piece resonates the same quality of sentimentality that would still be used today in funerary art.
This sequel picks up the story in 1878 when the two sisters, Marian and Frannie, have young families; over the following 35 years we follow their lives as these children grow up to marry and have their own. Along the way, we witness how the business acumen of their husbands dictates their own path, for better or worse.
Following this, I have written the first and second books of a trilogy, The Mourning Brooch, taking the story of two Yorkshire sisters from 1849 through to 1913. The third book will chronicle the lives of their descendants through two world wars to 1943.
The Mourning Brooch: With Bryan Marshall, Cyd Hayman, Andrew Cruickshank, Tom Watson. Jean Balfour thinks her brother has been murdered. The search for the truth leads Ray Campion to the Scottish mansion of the Bannerman family.
