Hell Hath No Fury - Malcolm Macdonald

By Malcolm Macdonald

Release Date: 2013-12-18

Genre: Historical Fiction

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Published by St Martin's Press in New York and Headline in London in 1990, Hell Hath No Fury attracted the following notices:
* This novel features another of Macdonald's vigorous, sensible, and ambitious heroines of the middle class. ... Beautifully written, this is Macdonald's best effort yet β€” Cynthia Ogorek, US Booklist
* Macdonald's characters fail to become credible, their actions are inconsistent and often unappealing ... and the prose is perfunctory β€” Publishers Weekly
* Set in late 19th-century Ireland, this delightful novel is full of the warmth, humour, and passion of the Irish. β€” TV Guide
* A compelling story ... Daisy, a strong woman, beautiful and clever, unwittingly creates her own particular hell. How exactly this comes about is not revealed until the very last page. β€” South Hants Gazette
* With generally agreeable, chatty characters, a slow-moving but – like some of Macdonald's others – restfully gossipy novel β€” Kirkus

Andβ€”of Macdonald himself:
*He is every bit as bad as Dickens – Martin Seymour-Smith

Hell Hath No Fury - Malcolm Macdonald

By Malcolm Macdonald

Release Date: 2013-12-18

Genre: Historical Fiction

(0 ratings)
Published by St Martin's Press in New York and Headline in London in 1990, Hell Hath No Fury attracted the following notices:
* This novel features another of Macdonald's vigorous, sensible, and ambitious heroines of the middle class. ... Beautifully written, this is Macdonald's best effort yet β€” Cynthia Ogorek, US Booklist
* Macdonald's characters fail to become credible, their actions are inconsistent and often unappealing ... and the prose is perfunctory β€” Publishers Weekly
* Set in late 19th-century Ireland, this delightful novel is full of the warmth, humour, and passion of the Irish. β€” TV Guide
* A compelling story ... Daisy, a strong woman, beautiful and clever, unwittingly creates her own particular hell. How exactly this comes about is not revealed until the very last page. β€” South Hants Gazette
* With generally agreeable, chatty characters, a slow-moving but – like some of Macdonald's others – restfully gossipy novel β€” Kirkus

Andβ€”of Macdonald himself:
*He is every bit as bad as Dickens – Martin Seymour-Smith

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