Let bestselling author Iris Gower transport you to South Wales at the turn of the century in this beguiling and bewitching saga, set during the hard times of copper smelting. Fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale will not be disappointed.READERS ARE LOVING COPPER KINGDOM!'Living in Swansea this book set my mind racing of the past. I couldn't put it down!' -- ***** Reader review'I found once I started reading it, I could not put it down!' -- ***** Reader review'Believable and so enjoyable' -- ***** Reader review'Riveting' -- ***** Reader review'Wonderful' -- ***** Reader review*************************************************************************THE FAMILY'S FATE RESTS ON HER SHOULDERS...Sweyn's Eye, South Wales: The Richardsons are copper barons - lords of the town's copper smelting industry - rich, powerful, and somewhat in denial that their wealth may be in jeopardy as the demand for copper wanes.The Llewelyns are a poor family, the threat of unemployment and all its attendant miseries always present. They are too poor to afford more than a pauper's funeral when Mrs Llewelyn dies and too proud to allow the neighbours to know.When the fiery and determined Mali Llewelyn is offered a job in the local laundry she takes it, determined to fight her way to prosperity as a businesswoman. Yet all of her struggles are not obvious, for in secret she battles with her hopeless love for Sterling Richardson, heir to the copper kingdom of Sweyn's Eye.Can she find a way through? For on her shoulders rest the burden of the family fortunes...