Mary Wesley

Mary Wesley was a renowned English novelist of children’s books, historical fiction, British Literature, romance, and fiction novels. Her books have attained the status of bestselling novels. Wesley was among the most successful British novelists of her time, having sold more than 3 million printed copies of her novels. As many as ten books of her career became bestsellers during the last 25 years of her life. Author Wesley, who died at the age of 90, obtained the rare feat of becoming a bestselling author at 70 years of age. She is best remembered for being a novelist who defied the literary and social conventions by providing explicit descriptions about sex in her books. Two of her popular books, The Camomile Lawn and Jumping the Queue, have been adapted into TV shows. Wesley’s stories generally take place in the war period or the pre-war period or the West Country. Her characters mostly belong to the upper-middle class.