Margaret Campbell Barnes (1891–1962)
Autor/a de Brief Gaudy Hour
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Obres de Margaret Campbell Barnes
King's Fool: A Notorious King, His Six Wives, and the One Man Who Knew All Their Secrets (1959) 206 exemplars
Omnibus 1 exemplars
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- Nom oficial
- Barnes, Margaret Campbell Wood
- Altres noms
- Barnes, Margaret Campbell
- Data de naixement
- 1891-02-27
- Data de defunció
- 1962-04-01
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Rotherfield, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Isle of Wight, England, UK
Rotherfield, England, UK (birth) - Professions
- historical novelist
- Biografia breu
- Margaret Campbell Wood was born on 17 February 1891 in Rotherfield, Sussex, England, UK. She was the youngest of ten children, who lied a happy childhood in the Sussex countryside. She was eventually educated at small private schools in Paris and London.
She married Peter Barnes in 1917, a furniture salesman, and the couple had two sons, Michael and John. Michael, a Royal Armoured Corps Lieutenant, was killed during WW II. She died on 1 April 1962 in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
Her books are historical novels, called Shadows of the Crown, that follow the history of the English Crown. The majority of her books were written between the 1940's and 1950's. Her last and posthumous novel Lady on the Coin was finished by the novelist Hebe Elsna
Over two million copies of Margaret's historical novels have been sold worldwide.
Her historical fiction has recently seen a renewed interest and her excellent writing and research outshines the majority of the "historical" books on the market today.
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- Obres
- 13
- Membres
- 1,617
- Popularitat
- #15,936
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 54
- ISBN
- 97
- Llengües
- 2
- Preferit
- 3
There was a short author’s note at the start that explained that the romance was fictional, though much of the rest of the story is true; I always appreciate that kind of note or I would have wondered. I actually found Will’s life more interesting initially when he worked for the merchant, but then my interest waxed and waned through the rest of it. It seemed like Henry went through his last 5 wives very quickly in this book (and I suppose he really did, but this book seemed to speed that up), but of course that wasn’t the focus of the book, either. Overall, it was ok for me.… (més)