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Frances Donaldson

フランセス・ドナルドソン

Furancesu Donarudon

Aliases: Frances Annesley / Lady Donaldson of Kingsbridge

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1907-01-13
Died
1994-03-27 (London) age 87
Nationality
British
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
writer, biographer, farmer
Active Years
1941-1994

Awards

Wolfson History Prize
1974
Work: Edward VIII
Organization: Wolfson Foundation
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Edward VIII

1974 Biography

Biography of Edward VIII.

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Adaptations
  • [television series] Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)

Evelyn Waugh: Portrait of a Country Neighbour

1967 Biography

Portrait of Evelyn Waugh as a country neighbour.

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P. G. Wodehouse

1982 Biography

Biography of P. G. Wodehouse.

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Bibliography

  • Approach to Farming (1941)
  • Four Years Harvest (1945)
  • Milk Without Tears (1955)
  • Farming in Britain Today (1969)
  • Freddy Lonsdale (1957)
  • Child of the Twenties (1962)
  • The Marconi Scandal (1962)
  • Evelyn Waugh: Portrait of a Country Neighbour (1967)
  • Actor Managers (1970)
  • Edward VIII (1974)
  • P. G. Wodehouse (1982)
  • Yours Plum (1990)
  • The British Council: the First Fifty Years (1984)
  • The Royal Opera House in the 20th Century (1988)
  • A Twentieth-Century Life (1992)
  • Frances Donaldson: A Woman's War (2017)

Health

  • cancer
    1994年
    Cause of death.

Legacy

British writer and biographer. Won the Wolfson History Prize for her biography of Edward VIII.