Dorothy Eden (1912–1982)
Autor de An Afternoon Walk
Sobre El Autor
Dorothy Eden was born in Canterbury Plains, New Zealand on April 3, 1912. She worked as a legal secretary before moving to London, England in 1954 to become a full-time writer. She is best known for her writings in the historical, suspense, and Gothic genres. Her first novel, The Singing Shadows, mostrar más was published in 1940. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 40 novels including Let Us Prey, The Vines of Yarrabee, Melbury Square, The Shadow Wife, An Afternoon Walk, The Salamanca Drum, and An Important Family. She also contributed to several magazines including Redbook and Good Housekeeping. She died of cancer on March 4, 1982 at the age of 69. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Dorothy Eden
Eerie Nights in London: Death Is a Red Rose, Listen to Danger, and Night of the Letter (2013) 9 copias
Žrtveno jagnje 1 copia
Zamenjana nevesta 1 copia
Ravenscraft 1 copia
Revanche de l'amour 1 copia
Kvinnorna på Greenhill 1 copia
Den gyllene timmen 1 copia
A Filha do milionário 1 copia
Managing the South African War, 1899-1902: Politicians v Generals (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New… (1967) 1 copia
Dorothy Eden 4 Books / Waiting for Willa, the Voice of Dolls, the Time of the Dragon, Melbury Square (1972) 1 copia
Tout commencera demain 1 copia
Walk into My Parlour 1 copia
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Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 98 - Wintersturm. Allawa. Alexander Dolguns Schicksal. Yarrabee 2 copias
Det bästas bokval 1971, Mannen från Tarsus, Flykten mot norr, Mysteriet Willa, Det svarta skeppet. (1971) — Autor — 2 copias
Nancy, waar zijn je kinderen; De wijngaarden van Yarrabee; De man met de baskenmuts; Bichu de jaguar — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Eden, Dorothy
- Nombre legal
- Eden, Dorothy Enid
- Otros nombres
- Paradise, Mary
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1912-04-03
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1982-03-04
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- New Zealand
UK - Lugar de nacimiento
- Canterbury Plains, New Zealand
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- London, England, UK
- Causa de fallecimiento
- cancer
- Lugares de residencia
- Canterbury Plains, New Zealand
London, England, UK - Ocupaciones
- novelist
short story writer
legal secretary - Agente
- Dorothy Olding
- Biografía breve
- Dorothy Eden was born in a farming community near Christchurch, New Zealand, where she attended school. She worked as a legal secretary and published her first novel, The Singing Shadows, in 1940. She took a trip around the world before moving to England in 1954 to further her writing career. She was best known for her many historical, suspense, and Gothic novels. She also contributed short stories to magazines, including Redbook and Good Housekeeping. An Important Family (1982), her 43rd book, was published in the year of her death.
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- Miembros
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- #11,297
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- 3.3
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- ISBNs
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This book serves as a good moral lesson on the dangers of impulsive commitments, not because of the heroine’s sufferings, but because I picked it up on impulse from my library’s donation gimmie shelves. And oh boy, did I pay for it.
I read this book for Task the Second: The Silent Nights (Read a book set in one of the Nordic countries, where winter nights are long!) in the Twelve Tasks of the Festive Season challenge. Although it takes place across several countries, the bulk of the action is in Denmark, and in Otto’s home manor house castle on the island of Samsø, and is in the spring, where apparently, the days are very long instead of the long winter nights.
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