Novels set in Sheffield

[bluecanary 13]

Just started reading it last week and suggested it for the book club I attend.

 

I'm sure that it will go down well. Trying to relate the fictional road names to real ones adds an extra element to the experiences( "Liberty Street "= Freedom Road, maybe?).

[Fishface 10]

If you like crime fiction you can't beat Ben Cheetham books which include areas in and around Sheffield.

[stevekay1 10]

Apologies if this one has already been mentioned, but I couldn't see anything after a quick scan.

 

Have just finished a book called The House Fell on Her Head by Kate Mitchell. It switches between Walkley in the Blitz and the present day, focussing on the identity of a body discovered in a garden below an old Anderson Shelter. I would highly recommend it and I think the 5-Star reviews on Amazon are well-deserved:

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BF7PG3M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

 

Thanks. It's on my list - have read the first few chapters. It's getting lots of reviews.

[stevekay1 10]

Added a few more reviews since I last posted on here: 7 in fact. I never knew there were so many Sheffield novels. The latest added is The Gamekeeper by Barry Hines, which I am claiming for Sheffield. Also the classic Granny was a Buffer Girl by Berlie Doherty. Next up will be Lauren Woodcock's tale of an autistic boy: Those Who Will Not See. It has started well, and Lauren is lovely, so I'm expecting it to be a good review. Do nice people write better books? http://stevek1889.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/sheffield-novels.html

[XXTickerXX 10]

Strange seeing this thread today. I was talking with my dad earlier and he told me about a book he thought was superb set in sheffield and about the 1st world war but he could never find it again. I found it on amazon and the reviews on there and goodreads are amazing. No idea if it has been mentioned before but it is....

 

Covenant with Death by John Harris.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0099106906/ref=s9_simh_gw_g14_i1_r?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=desktop-7&pf_rd_r=KGH8RXYX2FXYBTJEDD5A&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=6a6cc5dd-a0e9-4c0d-9260-d64d035f3a65&pf_rd_i=desktop

 

No idea how much is set in Sheffield or if they are from Sheffield but thought I would mention it. Just bought it to read myself.

[stevekay1 10]

Just added reviews of The House Fell on Her Head by Kate Mitchell, and story of intrigue following the discovery of a body in Walkley, and of Who Your Friends Are by Susan Day, a reflection on friendship and growing up in the 60s: http://stevek1889.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/sheffield-novels.html Next on the list is Covenant of Death. Thanks XXTickerXX

[WalkleyIan 10]

This Thursday at Zest in Upperthorpe

 

Thursday 18th August 5-6pm - Meet the author Kate Mitchell

 

Hear from Kate Mitchell and her book ' The House fell on her Head', a novel set in Walkley during WW2

[Olive 10]

Just added reviews of The House Fell on Her Head by Kate Mitchell, and story of intrigue following the discovery of a body in Walkley, and of Who Your Friends Are by Susan Day, a reflection on friendship and growing up in the 60s: http://stevek1889.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/sheffield-novels.html Next on the list is Covenant of Death. Thanks XXTickerXX

 

Really enjoying your blog Steve. It's prompted me to read Scholar's Mate by John Foster - I'm half way through and so far not disappointed, it's an intriguing tale....... I'll definitely check out some more of your recommendations.

[stevekay1 10]

Thanks to Olive for the kind comments and to XXTickerXX for the Covenant With Death recommendation: just reviewed it on http://stevek1889.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/sheffield-novels.html It's a really good book. None of the pretentiousness of some First World war novels: pure story.

[stevekay1 10]

Couple of new reviews of Sheffield novels posted at: http://stevek1889.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/sheffield-novels.html

1) The Girl with the Emerald Brooch,by Jackie Creek, a 1950s memoir written in novel form and:

2) The Bantams of Sheffield, by Guy Balguy. This was written in 1891 and is the second oldest novel set in Sheffield, to my knowledge. It is romantic Victorian novel with a lot of interesting insights into Victorian life in Sheffield. It is also the oldest novel containing dialect - an interesting read. I've re-published it, so it is now available to readers again.

[boston 10]

Sky Edge 1917

 

Mark J Foster

 

Published on Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mark+j+foster

 

This is a story based around the fictional events, which would later escalate into the Sheffield Gang Wars, and the subsequent control of the lucrative Sky Edge gambling rings in the city, during World War One.

 

The story involves the friendship developed between a young Samuel Garvin and William Francis, at having to endure the horror of the Western Front trenches, and of their subsequent return to Sheffield.

 

The later struggle between Garvin and George Mooney is well documented within the history of the city, as this story highlights the effect of the Great War within the city, and of its consequences for the control of Sky Edge.

[harvey19 541]

Covenant with Death by John Harris is a fictional book about the Sheffield battalion in WW1.

An excellent book.