Betty Burton

1 series 3 books in order

Betty Burton was the author of many bestselling novels and short stories, including The Girl Now Leaving, Not Just A Soldier’s War, The Face of Eve and The Consequences of War. She also wrote for television and radio, and won the Chichester Festival Theatre Award.

Known for: Lu Wilmott Sagas

Series by Betty Burton

Lu Wilmott Sagas

3 books in order · 1996–2018

The Girl Now Leaving

1996 · Betty Burton

A heart-wrenching and powerful saga of one girl’s journey to adulthood Lu Wilmott grows up in the Portsmouth slums of the 1920s. Stricken by…
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Not Just a Soldier's War

1997 · Betty Burton

In the powerful sequel to The Girl Now Leaving, Betty Burton takes her heroine into the Spanish Civil War Poverty and factory work have filled Lu…
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The Face of Eve

2018 · Betty Burton

One woman’s passionate courage in the Second World War When Eve left her hometown of Portsmouth, she’d never intended to return. But now she has a…
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How many books has Betty Burton written?

We list 3 books by Betty Burton across 1 series, published between 1996–2018 — each shown in full reading order.

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