Mary Stewart (1) (1916–2014)
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Mary Stewart was born on September 17, 1916 in Sunderland, County Durham, England. She received a First Class Honours B.A. in English from Durham University in 1938 and a teaching certificate in 1939. She taught in elementary school until 1941 when she was offered a post at Durham University. She mostrar más taught there until 1945 and received a M.A. in English during that time. Her first book, Madam, Will You Talk?, was published in 1955. Her other works included My Brother Michael, Touch Not the Cat, This Rough Magic, Nine Coaches Waiting, Thornyhold, Rose Cottage, and the Merlin Trilogy. She also wrote children's books including Ludo and the Star Horse and A Walk in Wolf Wood. She died on May 9, 2014 at the age of 97. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Mary Stewart
Mary Stewart's Arthurian Saga: The Crystal Cave, the Hollow Hills, the Last Enchantment, & the Wicked Day (1970) 96 copias
Three Novels of Suspense: Madam, Will You Talk? / Nine Coaches Waiting / My Brother Michael (1955) 59 copias
The moonspinners ; Nine coaches waiting ; The ivy tree ; Madam, will you talk? [omnibus] (1979) 56 copias
Mary Stewart: Four Complete Novels (Touch Not the Cat, This Rough Magic, The Gabriel Hounds & My Brother Michael) (1983) 45 copias
Omnibus 1 : 'Madam Will You Talk?,' 'Wildfire at Midnight,' and 'Nine Coaches Waiting' (1969) 11 copias
Touch Not the Cat / The Gabriel Hounds / Nine Coaches Waiting / Madam, Will You Talk? (1981) 10 copias
Mary Stewart King Arthur 5 Books Collection Set Magical Merlin The Crystal Cave (Merlin Trilogy) (2012) 3 copias
Mary Stewart Novels: The Gabriel Hounds, The Hollow Hills, The Enchantment, The Wicked Day (1967) 2 copias
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Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Gift of the Deer | At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends | Town and Dr. Moore | Airs Above… (1968) 30 copias
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 189 : McCreadys Doppelspiel. Geheimnisvolle Gäste. Die Lerche fliegt im Morgengrauen.… (1993) 9 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Great Circle • Chico The Small One • Thornyhold • Death Train (1989) 8 copias
Readers Digest Condensed Books: Airs Above the Ground • Intern • The Secrets of the Day • The Yearling • May… (1966) 4 copias
Nine Coaches Waiting / No Question of Murder / The Nan Patterson Case / Journey to Christmas / Now or Never / You’re… (1959) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Het Beste Boek 160: De verrader / Alle dieren van het land / Tarantula / De stormvogel (1993) 2 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Rivers of Gold • Scoundrel • Stormy Petrel • Death Penalty 2 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Poor Boy, Thornyhold, Unholy Matrimony, Lady of No Man's Land 2 copias
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow (Lady)
- Otros nombres
- Stewart, Mary
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1916-09-17
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2014-05-09
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Sunderland, Durham, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Lochawe, Scotland, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Sunderland, Durham, England, UK
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Educación
- Durham University (BA|1938)
- Ocupaciones
- novelist
author
lecturer (English language and literature) - Relaciones
- Stewart, Sir Frederick (husband)
- Organizaciones
- Durham University
- Premios y honores
- Romance Writers of America (Lifetime Achievement Award ∙ 1992)
Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement (1996)
Royal Society of Arts (Fellow)
Durham University (D.Litt.) (2009) - Biografía breve
- Mary Florence Elinor Rainbow was born on 12 September 1916 in Sunderland, England, the United Kingdom. She graduated from Durham University, from where she received an honorary D.Litt in 2009. She was a lecturer in English Language and Literature there until her marriage in 1945 to Sir Frederick Stewart, former chairman of the Geology Department of Edinburgh University, who died in 2001.
Lady Mary Stewart was author of twenty novels, a volume of poetry, and three books for young readers, she is admired for both her contemporary stories of romantic suspense and her historical novels. Her finest and most original achievement was Merlin Trilogy, an Arthurian saga: The Crystal Cave (1970), The Hollow Hills (1973) and The Last Enchantment (1979). The first of these was turned into a children’s television series in 1991. During years she resided in Scotland, where she died on 9 May 2014.
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Debates
Found: Telepathy in English country manor en Name that Book (marzo 2023)
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE - FEBRUARY 2017 - MARY STEWART & TERRY PRATCHETT en 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (junio 2017)
Mary STewart Merlin Trilogy en Book talk (octubre 2014)
Group Read: NINE COACHES WAITING by Mary Stewart en 2013 Category Challenge (agosto 2013)
Arthurian Theme read w/**SPOILERS** en The Green Dragon (marzo 2008)
Book Discussion: Arthurian Themed Read *Spoiler Free* en The Green Dragon (marzo 2008)
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