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Hilda Frances Margaret Prescott

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Hilda Frances Margaret Prescott

別名: H. F. M. Prescott / Hilda F. M. Prescott

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1896-02-22 (Cheshire)
死没
1972-05-05 76歳
国籍
British
言語
English
宗教
Church of England
居住地歴
Charlbury, Oxfordshire

経歴

職業
writer, historian, academic
活動期間
1925年〜1972年
所属
Royal Holloway College, St Mary's College, University of Durham
所属団体
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, English-Speaking Union

学歴

Wallasey High School
国: United Kingdom
Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
Modern History
学位: M.A.
国: United Kingdom
First M.A.
Manchester University
Medieval and Modern History
学位: M.A.
国: United Kingdom
Research under Thomas Frederick Tout

受賞歴

James Tait Black Prize
1941
対象作品: Mary Tudor
主催: University of Edinburgh
結果: 受賞
Honorary D.Litt.
主催: University of Durham
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Man on a Donkey

1952年 Historical novel

A chronicle-style novel set in the 16th century depicting the Pilgrimage of Grace, a protest against the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII.

Religious ReformationDissolution of MonasteriesRebellion

Mary Tudor

1940年 Biography

Biography of Mary I of England.

Mary ITudor dynasty

全著作

  • The Unhurrying Chase (1925)
  • The Lost Fight (1928)
  • Son of Dust (1932)
  • Dead and Not Buried (1938)
  • Spanish Tudor (1940)
  • The Man on a Donkey (1952)
  • Jerusalem Journey (1954)
  • Once to Sinai (1957)

翻案

  • Dead and Not Buried adapted for CBS's Climax! as Bury Me Later in 1954

作家による翻訳

  • Flamenca (1930, translated from Provençal)

作風・主題

文体
Chronicle styleDetailed historical depiction
頻出モチーフ
ReligionHistorical events

評価・遺産

Known for historical novels and biographies, particularly The Man on a Donkey and Mary Tudor, winner of the James Tait Black Prize.

豆知識

  • Daughter of a clergyman and committed member of the Church of England.
  • Lived quietly with her dogs in Charlbury.
  • Early supporter of Amnesty International and the Consumers' Association (Which?).