The Secret Kingdom (novel)
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| Author | Walter Greenwood |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 1938 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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The Secret Kingdom is a 1938 novel by the British writer Walter Greenwood. Like his best-known novel Love on the Dole it is set in Salford.[1] It portrays the working-class socialist Byron family, and particularly the eldest daughter Paula who tries to establish an independent identity after finding working a parlour maid. She encounters Bert Treville in nearby Manchester and the two begin a courtship. After his death due to heavy drinking, she brings up her son Lance as a single-mother, throwing her effort into her talented child she is vindicated when he emerges as a talented concert pianist - performing on national radio in the final scene.
