A Complete List of Poetry and Prose Works

Unless otherwise stated, all the volumes listed are available from any good bookshop or online from amazon.co.uk.

Crimean War book cover design

Florence Nightingale: A Light in Darkest Crimea

Wendy Louise Bardsley has tackled the horrors of the Crimean war with great empathy and, at the same time, has vividly described the pioneer work of Florence Nightingale, as a nurse in that conflict.

Methuen Publishing Ltd
24.1 x 3.4 x 16.4 cm Hardback
ISBN-13: 978-0413778680

Published: 08/09/2022

Portrait of a woman with text overlay

The Passions of Mary Wollstonecraft

Wendy takes the reader on a journey from Yorkshire to London, Wales, and Paris, as she explores the remarkable life of Mary Wollstonecroft.

Methuen Publishing Ltd
30.5 x 4.2 x 16.7 cm Hardback
ISBN: 978-0413777867

Published: 14/09/2017

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William Wordsworth - A Conflict of Love

France is in the throes of revolution and has become a dangerous country but the young poet, William Wordsworth, is drawn there.

Methuen Publishing Ltd
24.1 x 2.6 x 16.5 cm Hardback
ISBN-13: 978-0413778260

Published: 15/08/2019

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The Troubled Mind of Mary Shelley

Wendy Bardsley has captured the intensity of Mary's early life and her troubled marriage and the result is a remarkable book and an excellent addition to the genre of historical fiction.

Methuen Publishing Ltd
24.1 x 2.6 x 16.5 cm Hardback
ISBN-13: 978-0413778314

Published: 30/09/2021

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Jupiter & Passage to Osiris

Two Supernatural Novellas

JUPITER
Who is this man who erupts into the lives of the teachers in an Oxford secondary school with such explosive violence and passion? Where has he come from and what is the source of his irresistible power?

PASSAGE TO OSIRIS
Something has happened to the lovely teacher of Art at a sixth form college in Cambridge. She believes she has to return to Ancient Egypt, where as the goddess Isis, she belongs.

Skylark Books
215mm x 140mm (8.5" x 5.5")
184 pages
ISBN 978 9568892 2 5 pbk

Published: 01/12/2014

Book cover with historical scene illustration.

Wordsworth in Chains

Set against the escalating French revolution, Wordsworth attempts to resolve his various predicaments. Tense relationships, love, fear and passion, create a rich, compelling story.

Skylark Books
215mm x 140mm (8.5" x 5.5")
138 pages
ISBN 978 09568892 4 9 pbk

Published: 12/07/2015

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Wordsworth’s Women

Wordsworth must now live in England until the wars have ended. On renting a cottage with his sister, Dorothy, he begins a friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The story explores his relationships with the various women in his life.

Skylark Books
215mm x 140mm (8.5" x 5.5")
143 pages

Published: 12/08/2015

The Other Concerto" by Wendy Sarosy

The Other Concerto

It is almost two hundred years since Beethoven came to Knaresborough. The trouble is his ghost still haunts the place!

Dalesman Ltd
225mm x 225mm (8" x 6")
226 pages

Published: 12/08/2002

The Other Concerto" by Wendy Louise Bardsley

The Other Concerto

Second Printing

Skylark Books
215mm x 140mm (8.5" x 5.5")
197 pages
ISBN 978 09568892 3 2 pbk

Published: 12/08/2002

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Branwell Brontë's Creation

Branwell, in loving Milly, loves not wisely but well. She cannot begin to enter into the complexity of his real life, and becomes increasingly a kind of fiction to him, yet it is a deep and painful love.

Methuen Books
ISBN 978-0-413-77784-3 pbk

Published: 29/10/2017

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Amphitheatre

This first collection has some sharp narratives with lyrical and poignant reflections.

Rockingham Press
210mm x 114mm (8.25" x 5.5")
64 pages
ISBN 1 873468 46 6 pbk

Published: 29/06/1996

Artwork on Steel Wings book

Steel Wings

An immersion in archaic energies that remake the poet's and hence the reader's world.

Headland Publications
215mm x 150mm (8.5" x 5.75")
72 pages
ISBN 1 902096 05 3 pbk

Published: 01/01/1998

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The Imaginator

Poems for young people - but there is certainly much in them that older kids will identify with.

Fighting Cock Press
210mm x 1147mm (8.25" x 5.75")
36 pages
ISBN 0 906744 20

Published: 18/09/2020

Book cover of "Solving Atlantis

Solving Atlantis

Many of the poems in this fourth collection have a metaphysical bias, though often with classical themes. Others are concerned with the world of ideas and nature.

Headland Publications
150mm x 215mm (6" x 8.5")
36 pages

Published: 01/01/2001

Poetry book cover with sketched woman

Selected Poems

A selection of over 60 of Bardsley’s most loved poems from various works. Cover drawing of Wendy Bardsley on Selected Poems is by Harry Rutherford R.A.

Skylark Books Press
234mm x 156mm (9.25" x 6")
80 pages
ISBN 978 0 956882 0 1 pbk

Published By: Skylark Books
Published: 16/05/2011

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An Enduring Flame

The lives of the Brontës as seen through poetry and photographs.

Dalesman Ltd
225mm x 225mm (9" x 9")
158 pages with 39 colour and 58 b&w photos
ISBN 1 85825 104 4 hbk
ISBN 1 85825 103 6 pbk

Published: 09/09/2008

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Poetry in the Parks

The National Parks of England and Wales in Poetry and Photographs

Sigma Press
230mm x 180mm (9" x 7.25")
168 pages with 39 colour and 58 b&w photos
ISBN 1 85058 711 6 pbk

Published: 01/07/2000

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Journeys

This is a poetry anthology for schools to support the English Framework and teach literacy through poetry. It covers Key Stage 3 requirements, leading to Key Stage 4.

HarperCollins Publishers
Collins Educational
200mm x 150mm (8" x 6")
226 pages
ISBN 1 85825 179 6 pbk

Published: 20/04/2002

Introducing Information Technology book cover

Introducing Information Technology

This introduction aims to show the importance of Information Technology in the modern world. It includes case studies, activities and assignments. A valuable resource for the onset of computer technology.

Longman Group UK Ltd
240mm x 190mm (9.5" x 7.5")
226 pages
ISBN 0 582 33219 2 pbk

Published: 12/02/1987