The Queen of Romance

The first biography of the bestselling author and journalist Marguerite JervisDuring the course of her 60-year career, Marguerite Florence Laura Jervis (1886-1964) published 149 books, with 11 novels adapted for film, including The Pleasure Garden (1925), the directorial debut of Alfred Hitchcock. In her heyday, she sold hundreds of thousands of novels; she wrote for newspapers, women's magazines and the silent movie screen; she married one of Wales' most controversial literary figures, Caradoc