ABOUT THE AUTHOR Margaret Drabble is a popular novelist, critic and biographer. She was appointed the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1980. She was born in Sheffield and studied at the Newnham College, Cambridge. Her numerous fiction and non-fiction works have earned her a remarkable fan following. She is married Read more…

In a town of sailors, where the sea and wind gods reigned, lived a young girl named Thalia. This town, at the edge of the sea, was the hub of trade and an important fulcrum of commerce for the whole kingdom. Thalia had the misfortune of being born a girl at a time when they Read more…