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William Stuart Long (1914–1986)

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(eng) Violet Vivian Finlay Porch Santow Stuart Mann wrote as Vivian Stuart, Alex Stuart, Barbara Allen, Fiona Finlay, V.A. Stuart, William Stuart Long and Robyn Stuart.

Serier

Verk av William Stuart Long

The Exiles (1979) 166 exemplar
The Settlers (1980) 123 exemplar
The Traitors (1981) 109 exemplar
The Colonists (1984) 89 exemplar
The Adventurers (1983) 89 exemplar
The Explorers (1982) 87 exemplar
The Patriots (1986) 76 exemplar
The Gold Seekers (1985) 73 exemplar
The Seafarers (1988) 68 exemplar
The Nationalists (1989) 62 exemplar
The Empire Builders (1987) 61 exemplar
The Valiant Sailors (1966) 51 exemplar
The Imperialists (1990) 48 exemplar
Hazard's Command (1971) 44 exemplar
Hazard of Huntress (1972) 42 exemplar
The Brave Captains (1968) 39 exemplar
Massacre at Cawnpore (1973) 36 exemplar
Escape from Hell (1977) 26 exemplar
The Cannons of Lucknow (1974) 25 exemplar
The Heroic Garrison (1973) 24 exemplar
Guns to the Far East (1975) 23 exemplar
Hazard in Circassia (1973) 18 exemplar
Hazard to the Rescue (1974) 11 exemplar
Doctor Lucy (1956) 11 exemplar
Buccaneer's Lady (1981) 5 exemplar
Bachelor of Medicine (1956) 5 exemplar
Island for Sale (1955) 5 exemplar
Moon over Madrid (1957) 4 exemplar
Doctor Mary Courage (1961) 4 exemplar
Along Came Ann (1953) 3 exemplar
Doctor of Rhua (1963) 3 exemplar
The Captain's Table (1953) 3 exemplar
The Gay Gordons (1961) 3 exemplar
Castle in the Mist (1959) 3 exemplar
Queen's Counsel (1957) 3 exemplar
A Sunset Touch (1972) 2 exemplar
Young Doctor Mason (1970) 2 exemplar
Doctor on Horseback (1962) 2 exemplar
The Peacock Pagoda (1959) 2 exemplar
Ship's Nurse (1954) 2 exemplar
Huntsman's Folly (1956) 2 exemplar
Time Is a Lover (1987) 2 exemplar
Lover Betrayed (1955) 1 exemplar
From the Flames (1983) 1 exemplar
Proud Heart (1953) 1 exemplar
Eyes of the Night (1954) 1 exemplar
Life is the Destiny (1958) 1 exemplar
No Single Star (1956) 1 exemplar
Victors & Lords 1 exemplar
Nurse in Malaya (1946) 1 exemplar
Wild Rivers Run (1983) 1 exemplar
(vol 13) 1 exemplar
The Summer's Flower (1961) 1 exemplar
The Last of the Logans (1957) 1 exemplar
Someone Else's Heart (1958) 1 exemplar
Daughters of the Governor (1958) 1 exemplar
Research fellow (1971) 1 exemplar
Soldier's Daughter (1954) 1 exemplar
A Stranger in Town (1970) 1 exemplar
Strangers When we Meet (1968) 1 exemplar
Random Island (1967) 1 exemplar
There But for Fortune (1966) 1 exemplar
Samaritan's Hospital (1965) 1 exemplar
Maiden Voyage (1964) 1 exemplar
Gay Cavalier (1955) 1 exemplar
The Dedicated (1962) 1 exemplar
A Cruise for Cinderella (1956) 1 exemplar
Spencer's Hospital (1962) 1 exemplar
Garrison Hospital (1957) 1 exemplar
The Scottish Soldier (1966) 1 exemplar

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Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Mann, Violet Vivian Finlay Porch Santow Stuart
Andra namn
Stuart, Vivian
Stuart, Alex
Allen, Barbara
Finlay, Fiona
Stuart, V.A.
Long, William Stuart (visa alla 7)
Stuart, Robyn
Födelsedag
1914-01-02
Avled
1986-08
Kön
female
Nationalitet
UK (birth)
Födelseort
Berkshire, England, UK
Dödsort
York, Yorkshire, England, UK
Bostadsorter
Rangoon, Burma
India
Singapore
Java, Indonesia
Sumatra, Indonesia
Berkshire, England, UK (visa alla 8)
Budapest, Hungary
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Yrken
novelist
Organisationer
Romantic Novelists' Association
Kort biografi
Violet Vivian Finlay was born on 2 January 1914 in Berkshire, England, UK, the daughter of Alice Kathleen (née Norton) and Sir Campbell Kirkman Finlay. Her father was the owner and director of Burmah Oil Company Ltd., whose Scottish family also owned James Finlay and Company Ltd. The majority of her childhood and youth was spent in Rangoon, Burma (now also known as Myanmar), where her father worked. During her life, she frequently journeyed between India, Singapore, Java and Sumatra.

Although Vivian is well-known by the surname of Stuart, she married four times during her lifetime, and had five children: Gillian Rushton (née Porch), Kim Santow, Jennifer Gooch (née Stuart), and twins Vary and Valerie Stuart.

Following the dissolution of her first marriage, she studied for a time Law in London in the mid 1930s, before decided studied Medicine at the University of London. Later she spent time in Hungary in the capacity of private tutor in English, while she obtained a pathologist qualification at the University of Budapest in 1938. In 1939, she emigrated to Australia with her second husband, a Hungarian Doctor Geza Santow with whom she worked. In 1942, she obtained a diploma in industrial chemistry and laboratory technique at Technical Institute of Newcastle. Having earned an ambulance driver's certificate, she joined the Australian Forces at the Women's Auxiliary Service during World War II. She was attached to the IVth Army, and raised to the rank of sergeant, she was posted to British XIV Army in Rangoon, Burma in October 1945, and was then transferred to Sumatra in December. After the WWII, she returned to England. On 24 October 1958, she married her fourth and last husband, Cyril William Mann, a bank manager.

She was a prolific writer from 1953 to 1986 under diferent pseudonyms: Vivian Stuart, Alex Stuart, Barbara Allen, Fiona Finlay, V. A. Stuart, William Stuart Long and Robyn Stuart. Many of her novels were protagonized by doctors or nurses, and set in Asia, Australia or other places she had visited. Her romance novel, Gay Cavalier published in 1955 as Alex Stuart got her into trouble with her Mills & Boon editors when she featured a secondary story line featuring a Catholic male and Protestant female who chose to marry. This so-called "mixed marriage" touched nerves in the United Kingdom.

In 1960, she was a founder of the Romantic Novelists' Association, along with Denise Robins, Barbara Cartland, and others; she was elected the first Chairman (1961-1963). In 1970, she became the first woman to chair Swanwick Writers' Summer School.

Violet Vivian Finlay Porch Santow Stuart Mann passed away on August 1986 in Yorkshire, at age 72. She continued writing until her death.
Särskiljningsnotis
Violet Vivian Finlay Porch Santow Stuart Mann wrote as Vivian Stuart, Alex Stuart, Barbara Allen, Fiona Finlay, V.A. Stuart, William Stuart Long and Robyn Stuart.

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Recensioner

The Heroic Garrison by V. A. Stuart is the fifth and final book in a historical fiction series that relates the adventures of Alexander Sheridan, a British soldier serving in India. The details of the Sepoy Mutiny form the setting for most of the books and in The Heroic Garrison we read about the defense of the Residency in Lucknow and the long awaited arrival of Sir Colin Campbell with enough reinforcements to end the mutiny.

The historic details are accurate and most of characters within the book were real people with the exception of fictional character Alexander Sheridan. Throughout the course of the series Sheridan manages to be present at most of the important events of the mutiny. He is still recovering from loss of his wife and child at Cawnpore, and is now caught up in the siege of Lucknow and in protecting the sick and wounded.

I have enjoyed this series and learned a lot about the Sepoy Mutiny. Along with her excellent research the author also provides the reader with a lively adventure story. These were the first books that I have read by this author, but I would certainly like to read more.
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DeltaQueen50 | 1 annan recension | Jan 5, 2023 |
The Cannons of Lucknow is a continuation of the Alex Sheridan series about an English Calvary Officer posted in India during the Sepoy Rebellion. This book carries on directly from the previous book which had described the attack and massacre at Cawnpore in which Alex was one of a few survivors, although he lost both his wife and baby.

Alex has recovered from his wounds and is eager to join General Havelock’s small force as they fight their way through to the besieged garrison at Lucknow. Alex is put in charge of a volunteer group of men who, although they know how to ride horses, need to be trained into Calvary. There isn’t a lot of story to this book as the author kept faithfully to the facts known to describe how this force fought their way through to bring relief to the garrison who had been holding off the rebels for three months.

The author has an excellent knowledge of the times that she writes about. She vividly chronicles the events and actions taken by both sides. Her expertise is military history and she has written about the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean war, and the Indian mutiny. She delivers her information in a concise yet easy-to-read style. There is one more book in this series which I will be reading in the near future.
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DeltaQueen50 | 3 andra recensioner | Jun 21, 2021 |
Massacre at Cawnpore by V.A. Stuart is the third book in a series that features the fictional character, Alex Sheridan, an officer of the British Army serving in India during the 1850s. This book is a well researched and historically accurate portrayal of the Sepoy Mutiny at Cawnpore. It describes, in detail, how the overwhelmed soldiers and their families that were garrisoned at Cawnpore held out for a couple of week in frightful conditions, and then, after having signed agreements with the Nana Sahib, the Maharajah of Bithur, for a peaceful withdrawal, were slaughtered. Some 200 women and children were taken prisoner but when rescue was at hand, the Nana ordered these innocents slaughtered as well.

The book reads less like a novel and more like a factual military history. Other than Alex and his wife Emmy, most of the characters were real people and the author kept strictly to the record. Although the British made many errors with their own behavior and in the treatment of their native soldiers, as is so often the case, the guiltless paid a heavy price. While Alex barely survives and joins with the rescue party, he loses both his infant son and his young wife. While the Nana Sahib tried to eliminate all witnesses to his treachery, enough lived to condemn him.

I enjoy reading military history books and Massacre at Cawnpore is a well written account of one of the battles that occurred during the Sepoy Rebellion. Stuart writes a clearly followed timeline, that although is brutal and bloody is accurate. I am looking forward to the 4th book as I am guessing it will detail the British reclaiming their interests and exacting revenge on the Nana Sahib for betrayal.
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DeltaQueen50 | 2 andra recensioner | Apr 6, 2021 |
HMS Diamond Rock was (and is) a six hundred foot high rock formation just off the coast of Martinique and during the Napoleonic Wars it was seized by the British and turned into a small fortress to waylay ships attempting to reach the French ports on the island. In the way of the British Navy, land facilities are often given HMS designations and so the title of the book. It is a very interesting tale and very well told. Highly recommended.
 
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jztemple | Jan 20, 2020 |

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Statistik

Verk
90
Medlemmar
1,637
Popularitet
#15,692
Betyg
½ 3.5
Recensioner
32
ISBN
333
Språk
4
Favoritmärkt
1

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