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The Mallen Trilogy

by Catherine Cookson 3 books in this series

The Mallen trilogy traces the decline and dispersal of a powerful Northumbrian family marked by a distinctive white streak in the hair and by a reputation for pride, violence and sexual scandal. Thomas Mallen’s financial collapse destroys the household’s security and forces legitimate and illegitimate descendants into sharply different lives.

Set against industrial North East England, the sequence follows the family’s attempts to escape inherited patterns of domination and revenge. Servants, labourers and women denied formal power become central to a multigenerational story in which class privilege cannot prevent economic ruin or the consequences of concealed relationships.

Reading order

Books in this series (3 books)

The Mallen Streak cover

1. The Mallen Streak

Catherine Cookson

4.1(2,859)

Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons, most of them out of wedlock. But to all of them, he passed on his mark – a distinctive flash of white hair running to the left temple known as the Mallen Streak. It was said that those…

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2. The Mallen Girl

Catherine Cookson

4.2(1,894)

Even as a child Barbara was beautiful. But as her beauty grew, so did the affliction which shadowed it. She was becoming more and more deaf. Yet, living in an almost silent world, Barbara was protected from the knowledge which might otherwise have destroyed her –…

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3. The Mallen Litter

Catherine Cookson

4.3(1,873)

The Mallen Litter is the third and final part of the multi-generation story of the Mallens, which began with The Mallen Streak and continued with The Mallen Girl. From generation to generation bad luck and misfortune had befallen each and every member of the Mallen family.…

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