Annie S. Swan
Annie Shepherd Swan, CBE was a Scottish journalist and fiction writer. She wrote mainly in her maiden name, but also as David Lyall and later Mrs Burnett Smith. A writer of romantic fiction for women, she had over 200 novels, serials, stories and other fiction published between 1878 and her death. She has been called "one of the most commercially successful popular novelists of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries". Swan was politically active in the First World War, and as a suffragist, a Liberal activist and founder-member and vice-president of the Scottish National Party.
Courtship and Marriage, and the Gentle Art of Home-Making
Discover a bygone era's guide to love, marriage, and homemaking, where traditional values shaped relationships and expectations within the walls of a nurturing home.
By Annie S. Swan
Adam Hepburn's Vow: A Tale of Kirk and Covenant
In a divided Scotland, a family journeys to Edinburgh, where they will face trials of faith and loyalty as they stand against oppression.
By Annie S. Swan
The Guinea Stamp: A Tale of Modern Glasgow
After losing her father, a young girl must move in with her stingy uncle in Glasgow, forcing her to navigate a world of poverty, searching for friendship and strength in unexpected places.
By Annie S. Swan
Thankful Rest
In the late 1800s, a pair of siblings' tranquil existence is disturbed when they become the caretakers of orphaned children, leading to unforeseen challenges and reshaping their family ties.
By Annie S. Swan
The Last of Their Race
Burdened by a brother's shame and a family secret, a determined young woman battles to save her ancestral home from crumbling into ruin.
By Annie S. Swan
An Englishwoman's Home
Amidst the chaos of war, a woman reflects on lost love, shattered homes, and the enduring strength found within.
By Annie S. Swan