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Rosemary Pollock
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Rosemary Pollock was born on 1944 in England, UK, daugther of Ida Pollock (1908-2013), writer and painter, and Hugh Alexander Pollock (1888–1971), editor, veteran of World War I and assistant to Winston Churchill. Her father had been married three times. In 1913, he married Marion Atkinson, with whom he had two sons, William Cecil Alexander (1914–1916) and Edward Alistair (1915–1969); they divorced after World War I. In 1924, he married the children's writer Enid Blyton (1897–1968), with whom he had two daughters, Gillian Mary (1931–2007) and Imogen Mary (b. 1935), they divorced in 1943, to get a quick divorce, Hugh blamed himself for adultery at divorce petition. Immediately Enyd married her lover, Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters, and six days after Hugh married Ida Crowe, and the the following year they had her only child. Enid changed the name of their daughters and Hugh did not see them again. After Enid's death Rosemary was put in touch with her half-sisters.
After World War II, George Newnes, Hugh's old firm, decided not to work with him anymore. They also represented Enid Blyton and were not willing to let her go. After this the marriage experienced financial problems and, in 1950, her husband had to declare bankruptcy while he struggled with alcoholism and her mother decided to write popular contemporary romances. During her childhood the family travelled widely and lived in many parts of England, and her asthma brought they to Cornwall. The family also lived in Ireland, France, Italy, Malta and Switzerland, where they successfully obtained a lasting cure for her debilitating condition. Her father died on 8 November 1971 in Malta, where he is buried in the British military cemetery. After her father's death, her mother returned with her to England and they lived for several years in Wiltshire, before moving to Lanreath in 1986. Rosemary worked as editor, and also wrote nine romance novels from 1969 to 1981. During years she helped her mother with some of her many projects. In 2009, her mother published her autobiography, Starlight. Retired, she helped her mother to transcribe her latest romance novels, which her mother became the world's oldest novelist who was still active. Her mother died at 105, on 3 December 2013 in Lanreath.
Book List in Order: 9 titles
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The Breadth of Heaven
- Jan-1968
- / Contemporary Romance
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Could blue blood love any other color? Secretary-companion to a princess! It sounded like a wildly glamorous job, and when the opportunity unexpectedly arose, Kathy jumped at the chance. But there were complications. Coming from a politically unstabl...
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A Touch of Starlight
- Sep-1969
- / Contemporary Romance
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Jenny Maitland had become engaged to Nicholas Dangerfield because it seemed the only thing to do at the time -- and anyway, it was only a temporary arrangement. But then Jenny's heart took over from her head. Hero: Nicholas Dangerfield He...
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The Mountains of Spring
- Jun-1971
- / Contemporary Romance
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Caroline Ashton went to Mexico to find out what had happened to her brother Peter -- and was horrified to find him completely in the power of Diego Rivel. The more she learned about Peter's situation, the more her hatred for the arrogant Mexican ...
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Song Above the Clouds
- Oct-1972
- / Contemporary Romance
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When Candy realized that John Ryland didn't care as much about her as she did for him, she was thankful for the chance to go to Rome and forget about him. But that wasn't easy, when no sooner had she arrived in Rome than she met John again...
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Summer Comes Slowly
- Dec-1976
- / Contemporary Romance
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Susanna should have enjoyed staying in Malta helping her grandfather write his book. But it turned out to be a heartbreaking experience. For she had managed to fall hopelessly in love with the imposing Don Ramiro, Marques de Saez, who had told her ca...
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Tiger in Darkness
- Jun-1978
- / Contemporary Romance
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"Then, in exchange, you can marry me." Elizabeth was startled at Philip Benton's remark. She thought it was a cruel joke. But Philip was serious. He would take the police off the case of finding Mr. Jessup, Elizabeth's beloved b...
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White Hibiscus
- Jul-1979
- / Contemporary Romance
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He had no right to criticize her Emma won the assignment of her dreams--modeling Princess Lisa's summer collection at a fabulous island estate near Malta. Everything was perfect--except for Paul Santana Demajo, the princess's cynical, d...
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The Sun and Catriona
- Nov-1981
- / Contemporary Romance
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Why had she acted so very rashly? Catriona, a hotel employee, had lost her temper--and her job--over Count Vilhena's arrogant demands. Now he wanted to hire her as companion to his half sister! The job, though, meant living in Malta--under ...
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