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Barbara Willard (1909–1994)

Autor(a) de Son of Charlemagne

62+ Works 2,910 Membros 8 Críticas 3 Favorited

About the Author

Séries

Obras por Barbara Willard

Son of Charlemagne (1959) 766 exemplares
Augustine Came to Kent (1996) 511 exemplares
The Lark and the Laurel (1970) 157 exemplares
The Sprig of Broom (1971) 130 exemplares
A Cold Wind Blowing (1972) 102 exemplares
The Iron Lily (1973) 102 exemplares
Surprise Island (1951) 89 exemplares
Harrow and Harvest (1974) 84 exemplares
The Eldest Son (1977) 58 exemplares
A Flight of Swans (1980) 54 exemplares
A Dog and a Half (1900) — Autor — 49 exemplares
The Gardener's Grandchildren (1978) 41 exemplares
The Miller's Boy (1976) 37 exemplares
The Keys of Mantlemass (1981) 32 exemplares
Spell Me a Witch (1979) 31 exemplares
The Grove of Green Holly (1969) 27 exemplares
The Battle of Wednesday Week (1963) 23 exemplares
The Richleighs of Tantamount (1901) 20 exemplares
The Penny Pony (1961) 18 exemplares
Storm from the West (1964) 14 exemplares
The Family Tower (1968) 11 exemplares
Ned Only (1985) 10 exemplares
Priscilla Pentecost (1970) 8 exemplares
The Country Maid (1978) 8 exemplares
Hetty (1963) 8 exemplares
Field and Forest (1975) — Editor — 7 exemplares
Happy families (1974) 7 exemplares
Snail and the Pennithornes (1957) 6 exemplares
The Toppling Towers (1969) 6 exemplares
Sussex (1965) 6 exemplares
The Suddenly Gang (1963) 6 exemplares
Summer Season (1981) 5 exemplares
Charity at home (1966) 5 exemplares
Smiley Tiger (1984) 4 exemplares
Hullabaloo (1969) 4 exemplares
The Farmer's Boy (1991) 3 exemplares
Famous Rowena Lamont (1983) 3 exemplares
The Ranger's Daughters (1992) 3 exemplares
The Dogs Do Bark (1948) 2 exemplares
To London! to London! (1968) 2 exemplares
Bridesmaid (Gazelle books) (1976) 2 exemplares
The House with Roots 2 exemplares
Jubilee! (Long Ago Books) (1973) 2 exemplares
Portrait of Philip 1 exemplar
The Dippers and Jo 1 exemplar
Flight to the forest (1967) 1 exemplar
The Wild Idea (1968) 1 exemplar
Eight for a secret 1 exemplar
The summer with Spike (1961) 1 exemplar
Winter in disguise 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Holiday House (1882) — Introdução, algumas edições19 exemplares
The Thorny Paradise: Writers on Writing for Children (1975) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
Guardian Angels (1987) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Convent Cat (1975) 5 exemplares
Young Winter's Tales 8 (1978) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Young Winter's Tales 6 (1975) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Outros nomes
Willard, Barbara Mary
Data de nascimento
1909-03-12
Data de falecimento
1994-02-18
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
England
UK
Local de nascimento
Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Local de falecimento
Wivelsfield Green, East Sussex, England, UK
Locais de residência
Sussex, England, UK
Nutley, Sussex, England, UK
Educação
convent school
Ocupações
children's book author
novelist
actor
Organizações
Ashdown Forest Board of Conservators

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Barbara Willard came from an acting family. Her father was Edmund Willard, a British actor known for his Shakespearean roles, and her great-uncle was E.S. (Edward Smith) Willard, a Victorian stage actor. Barbara herself originally began a career as an actress, but abandoned it in her early twenties. Beginning in 1930, she wrote several novels for adults before turning to children's literature. Her most famous work was the Mantlemass Chronicles, a series of historical novels spanning the 15th to 17th centuries, published between 1970 and 1988. One of the books, The Iron Lily (1973), won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The entire series was critically acclaimed and ensured her a lasting place in children's historical fiction. In 1956, Willard moved to a new home on the edge of Ashdown Forest in Sussex, an area she loved. It inspired many of her children's books, which she imbued with local history, customs and dialect. She also was elected to the forest's Board of Conservators in 1975, and served in that position for 10 years.

Membros

Críticas

Guardian award, 1974Ex-lib.
 
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ME_Dictionary | 1 outra crítica | Mar 19, 2020 |
Young Simon, recently and tragically orphaned, becomes a scribe in the following of the exiled Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. The uncertainty of the tumultuous years leading to the infamous cathedral slaying is heightened by Simon's separation from his twin Edmund, who is in the service of King Henry II.
 
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StFrancisofAssisi | 2 outras críticas | Feb 1, 2020 |
Picked it up in a thrift store cuz it looked cute enough, and it was. Just a nice little story. A little dreamy, about a friendship maturing as the children grow up just a little. Limpet realizes he doesn't need to shadow Jill, and so he decides he's going to be his own person and use his real name, Lambert. And Jill learns to be more responsible and less bossy. I wish I knew what book this is the sequel to (if any) because the past events that are often referred to sound interesting.

If, by any chance, this is a what's the name of that book" mystery, the St. Bernard is named Brandy, his mistress is Mrs. Remnant, and they live in a trailer between the children's family. The fathers are a farmer and a nurseryman. The premise of the plot starts with entering a slogan contest for Fullowag dog biscuits, to try to win a South Seas island."… (mais)
1 vote
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Jun 6, 2016 |
i found this strange. nothing would happen for ages and i would lose concentration. then suddenly something would happen and i couldn't find it when i went back a bit.
 
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mahallett | 1 outra crítica | Nov 14, 2011 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
62
Also by
6
Membros
2,910
Popularidade
#8,800
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
8
ISBN
141
Línguas
2
Marcado como favorito
3

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