Margaret Thomson Davis

(born 1926 - ) - Glasgow

Born in Bathgate but raised in Glasgow, Margaret Thomson Davis was a children's and Red Cross nurse who had written for many years before her first novel, The Breadmakers, was published in 1972. She moved back to central Glasgow seeking inspiration for her writing, and has now written over 40 novels and over 200 short stories. Two of her novels have been adapted for the stage. She is most famous for her historical series The Breadmakers and The Clydesiders, but has also written contemporary crime thrillers such as A Deadly Deception.

In 2006 she wrote her autobiography, Write from the Heart. Margaret Thomson Davis is Honorary President of the Strathkelvin Writers' Group.

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The Breadmakers Saga - Paperback
'The Breadmakers Saga' follows the story of a Glasgow working class community living through the dark days of the Depression and the Second World War. This volume contains the novels 'The Breadmakers', 'A Baby Might Be Crying' and 'A Sort of Peace'.
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Burning Ambition - Paperback
The author captures the intrigue and danger of the royal court during the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, through the eyes of a young woman, Marie Hepburn. Marie's mother schemes and the outcome of her plans is murder and Mary's exile in France.
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The Clydesiders - Hardback
As the shadow of the Great War looms over Glasgow, Virginia Watson's life as a maid in one of Glasgow's finest houses is untroubled. But when she falls for the son of her wealthy employer, her life becomes far more complicated.
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Clydesiders At War - Hardback
This is the final part of the epic Clydesiders trilogy - a tale of two Glasgow families that began amid the dying embers of the Edwardian era and reaches its conclusion in the dark days of the Second World War.
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A Darkening Of The Heart - Paperback
Brother and sister, Alexander and Susanna live in the eighteenth century world of respectability and are set on advancing their social standing. Alexander is a doctor with ambitions to become a famous poet, while snobbish Susanna needs to find a wealthy husband. Both are delighted to meet Robert Burns.
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The Dark Side Of Pleasure - Paperback
This novel tells of Alfred Cameron and his family who all enjoy a life of luxury. But their family firm is in danger from the encroaching railways and Luther Gunnet, who will do anything to raise his family up from the slums.
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A Deadly Deception - Paperback
Set in a Glasgow high-rise, 'A Deadly Deception' centres on Mabel Smith who lives alone. Her selfish parents had used Mabel as a slave and they effectively ruined her life but now they are both dead. Mabel is lonely and bitter and decides that telephone-sex may be a way to make some much needed extra cash.
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Double Danger - Hardback
'Double Danger' tells the story of Jessica McKay, who moves to Saudi Arabia to be with her new husband, Brian. At first it seems like paradise, but after the birth of their two children, she feels threatened by terrorist attacks on the luxurious compound where they live and decides she must return to Glasgow with the twins.
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The Glasgow Belle - Paperback
When Isla Henderson is rescued by the kind Earl of Kirklee, she thinks her problems are over. But this dream is soon shattered & she is forced back to Glasgow. Desperate to escape, she agrees to marry a wealthy suitor but is he what she really wants?
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Goodmans Of Glassford Street - Paperback
'Goodmans of Glassford Street' is the story of a successful but old-fashioned family department store and the lives and conflicts of the people who work in it, including the strong-willed matriarch Abigail Goodman.
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The New Breadmakers - Paperback
'The Breadmakers' saga followed the story of a Glasgow working class community living through the dark days of the Depression and the Second World War. Now the author explores how Catriona copes with a brutal husband, a son who is beginning to take his father's side and the riches she finds so dissatisfying.
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Red Alert - Paperback
Margaret Thomson Davis' novel tells the story of the Price family and is set in a Glasgow fire station and in the world famous Glasgow School of Art.
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The Tobacco Lords Trilogy - Paperback
Beginning in Glasgow during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, this is the story of two very different women - Annabella Ramsay, daughter of a rich tobacco lord, and Regina Chisholm, a child of the slums determined to make something of herself.
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Write From The Heart: The Extraordinary Real Life Story Of Glasgow's Favourite Novelist - Paperback
A human story of triumph in the face of adversity, 'Write from the Heart' is the inspirational story of how, against all odds, Margaret Thomson Davis became one of Scotland's leading novelists.