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Madeleine A. Polland (1918–2005)

Författare till Beorn the Proud

31 verk 1,641 medlemmar 6 recensioner 2 favoritmärkta

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Verk av Madeleine A. Polland

Beorn the Proud (1962) 575 exemplar
Mission to Cathay (1997) 375 exemplar
Flame Over Tara (2004) 294 exemplar
Fingal's Quest (1960) 84 exemplar
City of the Golden House (1963) 64 exemplar
Children of the Red King (1959) 39 exemplar
Sabrina (1979) 27 exemplar
Deirdre (1967) 24 exemplar
The Queen's Blessing (1963) 20 exemplar
The Heart Speaks Many Ways (1982) 15 exemplar
Queen Without Crown (1964) 14 exemplar
To Kill a King (1970) 10 exemplar
All Their Kingdoms (1981) 9 exemplar
Prince of the Double Axe (1976) 8 exemplar
No Price Too High (1984) 7 exemplar
To Tell My People (1968) 6 exemplar
The White Twilight (1962) 6 exemplar
Alhambra (1971) 5 exemplar
Daughter of the Sea (1972) 4 exemplar
Stranger in the Hills (1968) 4 exemplar
Thicker Than Water (1966) 3 exemplar
Fingal's Quest 3 exemplar
Shattered Summer (1970) 2 exemplar
A Family Affair (1971) 2 exemplar
As It Was in the Beginning (1988) 1 exemplar
Rich man's flowers (1992) 1 exemplar

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Födelsedag
1918-05-31
Avled
2005
Kön
female
Nationalitet
Ireland
Yrken
children's book author
historical novelist
Kort biografi
Madeleine Polland, née Cahill, was born in the south of Ireland and experienced the turmoil of the Irish Rebellion in the early 1920s, before her father moved the family to England. As a young adult, she got a job at the local library, and helped rebuild its book collection. During World War II, she enlisted in the British military and served at a radar installation. In 1946, she married Arthur Polland, with whom she had two children who provided inspiration for various of her books. Her first published work was Children of the Red King (1960), followed by Beorn the Proud (1961) and many more popular historical novels for children and young adults. She traveled to nearly all the places she wrote about to gain insights and understanding, giving her books depth and authenticity.

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Flaggad
ASSG.Library | Mar 15, 2024 |
I would have liked to have given this three stars, as it was well written and engaging, but I found some of the passages very lacking, though it has strong characters and a satisfying conclusion.
 
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MissClark | 3 andra recensioner | Jan 19, 2012 |
Takes place c. 800 in Iceland and Denmark. Beorn is the arrogant young son of a Viking chiefton who captures a Christian girl from Ireland, and takes her as a slave. The contrast between the One True God and the multiple Norse gods is clear.
 
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mwittkids | 3 andra recensioner | Oct 28, 2007 |
This one basically is a fictionalized account of the arrival of St. Patrick in Ireland in A.D. 432. For those who don't know the tradition, Patrick was a British lad who was kidnapped, taken to Ireland and enslaved there. After a number of years he escaped, but then later returned to bring his faith to the Irish people. His return is where the book begins and how he's accepted, or not, fills out the tale. It's an enjoyable read, though Ms. Polland seems to take pains to explain away any supernatural element of the traditional accounts. Despite that small distraction though, it made for a nice way to fill an afternoon.
--J.
… (mer)
½
 
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Hamburgerclan | Apr 15, 2006 |

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Statistik

Verk
31
Medlemmar
1,641
Popularitet
#15,656
Betyg
½ 3.6
Recensioner
6
ISBN
63
Språk
1
Favoritmärkt
2

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