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Susan Barrie (1908–2013)

Autor von A Rose for Danger

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Ida Pollock was born in London, England in 1908. She had her first stories published while she was in her teens, and went on to write numerous books under almost a dozen pseudonyms. She took a solo trip to Morocco while a teenager and worked in London during the Blitz. She took up writing intensely mehr anzeigen to support her family after her husband went bankrupt in 1950. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 120 books under Susan Barrie, Rose Burghley, Marguerite Bell and others. Her works included White Heat, The Devil's Daughter, The Sweet Surrender, and the memoir Starlight. She died on December 3, 2013 at the age of 105. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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(eng) Ida Crowe Pollock writes as her married name Ida Pollock and under the pseudonyms Joan M. Allen, Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell.

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Werke von Susan Barrie

A Rose for Danger (1977) 17 Exemplare
The Devil's Daughter (1978)einige Ausgaben16 Exemplare
One Coin in the Fountain (1957) 16 Exemplare
Moon over Africa (1955) 15 Exemplare
Haven of the Heart (1956) 9 Exemplare
Master of Hearts (1959) 9 Exemplare
Bride in Waiting (1961) 8 Exemplare
Meet Me in Istanbul (1958) 8 Exemplare
White Rose of Love (1963) 8 Exemplare
Pathway of Roses (1962) 8 Exemplare
The Garden of Don José (1964) 8 Exemplare
Sunshine Yellow (1961) 8 Exemplare
Nile Dusk (1972) 7 Exemplare
Moon at the Full (1961) 7 Exemplare
Island in the Dawn (1958) 7 Exemplare
Star Creek (1965) 7 Exemplare
A Nightingale in the Sycamore (1957) 6 Exemplare
Flower for a Bride (1957) 6 Exemplare
Enchanted Autumn (1959) 6 Exemplare
Accidental Bride (1967) 6 Exemplare
Flight to the Stars (1959) 6 Exemplare
Escape to Happiness (1960) 6 Exemplare
Bride of Alaine (1966) 5 Exemplare
The House of the Laird (1956) 5 Exemplare
Man of Destiny (1965) 5 Exemplare
Love Is for Ever (1957) 5 Exemplare
The Keys of the Castle (1959) 5 Exemplare
The Black Benedicts (1956) 5 Exemplare
Mountain of Dreams (1958) 5 Exemplare
Desert Gold (1968) 5 Exemplare
Man from the Sea (1968) 5 Exemplare
Beloved Enemies (1967) 5 Exemplare
The Young Nightingales (1967) 5 Exemplare
Victoria and the Nightingale (1967) 5 Exemplare
Carpet of Dreams (1955) 5 Exemplare
Master of Melincourt (1966) 5 Exemplare
The Quiet Heart (1966) 5 Exemplare
So Dear to My Heart (1956) 5 Exemplare
Dear Tiberius = Nurse Nolan (1956) 5 Exemplare
The Stars of San Cecilio (1958) 5 Exemplare
Desert Doorway (1956) 4 Exemplare
Highland Mist (1962) 4 Exemplare
The Sweet Surrender (1959) 4 Exemplare
Bladon's Rock = Doctor Gaston (1963) 4 Exemplare
Wild Sonata (1968) 4 Exemplare
Return to Tremarth (1969) 4 Exemplare
Mistress of Brown Furrows (1952) 4 Exemplare
Cuckoo in the Night (1966) 4 Exemplare
Air Ticket (1957) 4 Exemplare
The King of the Castle (1963) 3 Exemplare
The Afterglow (1966) 3 Exemplare
Mountain Magic (1964) 3 Exemplare
Marry a Stranger (1954) 3 Exemplare
Royal Purple (1962) 3 Exemplare
Autumn Wedding (1962) 3 Exemplare
And Be Thy Love (1958) 3 Exemplare
The Wings of the Morning (1960) 3 Exemplare
The Bay of Moonlight (1968) 3 Exemplare
Rose in the Bud (1966) 3 Exemplare
White heat (1966) 3 Exemplare
Night of the Singing Birds (1970) 3 Exemplare
The Gates of Dawn (1954) 3 Exemplare
Enemy Lover (1964) 3 Exemplare
The Gardenia Tree (1965) 3 Exemplare
The Chateau of Fire (1961) 2 Exemplare
The Man Who Came Back (1967) 2 Exemplare
Sweet Barbary (1957) 2 Exemplare
City of Palms (1957) 2 Exemplare
Heart Specialist (1958) 2 Exemplare
The Dawning Splendour (1963) 2 Exemplare
Starlight: A Memoir (2009) 2 Exemplare
The Marriage Wheel (1968) 2 Exemplare
House of Sand (1986) 2 Exemplare
No Just Cause (1965) 2 Exemplare
Love in High Places (1960) 2 Exemplare
Sea Change (2002) 2 Exemplare
A Distant Drum (2005) 2 Exemplare
Love in the afternoon (1959) 2 Exemplare
Bride by Arrangement (1960) 2 Exemplare
The Secret Heart (1956) 2 Exemplare
A Moment in Paris (1961) 2 Exemplare
A Quality of Magic (1966) 2 Exemplare
Castle Thunderbird (1965) 2 Exemplare
Sir Faintheart (2015) 2 Exemplare
A Case of Heart Trouble (1963) 2 Exemplare
Four Roads to Windrush (1957) 2 Exemplare
Country Air (1970) 1 Exemplar
The Gentle Masquerade (1964) 1 Exemplar
Igor and Mom (1990) 1 Exemplar
Her Chinese Captor (1935) 1 Exemplar
Lady in Danger (1967) 1 Exemplar
Summer Conspiracy (1969) 1 Exemplar
The Uneasy Alliance (1965) 1 Exemplar
A Quest for Lovers (1963) 1 Exemplar
The Quiet Heart 51128 (1967) 1 Exemplar
Carper of Dreams 1 Exemplar
Interlude in Snow (1964) 1 Exemplar
Night of Stars (1975) 1 Exemplar
Bride by Auction (1989) 1 Exemplar
Folly of the Heart (1967) 1 Exemplar
My Heart at Your Feet (1957) 1 Exemplar
Interlude for Love (1958) 1 Exemplar
The Moon and Bride's Hill (1958) 1 Exemplar
Dawn on the High Mountain (1961) 1 Exemplar
Journey in the Dark (1962) 1 Exemplar
Indian Love (1935) 1 Exemplar

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Wissenswertes

Rechtmäßiger Name
Crowe Pollock, Ida
Andere Namen
Allen, Joan M.
Barrie, Susan
Kent, Pamela
Ives, Averil
Charles, Anita
Rowan, Barbara (Zeige alle 11)
Beauford, Jane
Burghley, Rose
Whistler, Mary
Pollock, Ida
Bell, Margerite
Geburtstag
1908-04-12
Todestag
2013-12-03
Geschlecht
female
Nationalität
UK
Geburtsort
Lewisham, Kent, England, UK
Wohnorte
Malta
Cornwall, England, UK
Berufe
romance novelist
short story writer
historical novelist
autobiographer
suspense author
painter
Beziehungen
Pollock, Rosemary (daughter)
Pollock, Hugh, (spouse)
Kurzbiographie
Susan Barrie was one of the many pen names of Ida Pollock, née Crowe, who was born in Lewisham in southeast London, England. Her parents’ marriage fell apart shortly after she was born, and her mother worked as a housekeeper for relatives. Ida began writing at a young age and at 14, published her first novella, a thriller called The Towers of Ravenshaunt. By age 20, she had published several stories in major magazines and in book form. She became a full-time writer in the 1930s. Over the nine decades of her career, she wrote prolifically and sold millions of copies of romance novels with titles such as Indian Love (1935), The Sweet Surrender (1959) and Master of Melincourt (1966). Being in print with many titles of different genres at different publishers, she used multiple pseudonyms; these included Joan M. Allen, Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell. As a young woman, she had a long-term affair with Lt-Col. Hugh Pollock, a writer and editor who was 20 years her senior and married to Enid Blyton. They were finally married in 1943 and had a daughter the following year, Rosemary Pollock, who also became a romance writer. They lived in Ireland, France, Italy, Malta and Switzerland. In 1964, she published her first historical novel, The Gentle Masquerade, under her married name Ida Pollock. She also wrote suspense novels and an autobiography, Starlight (2009). In 1960, she was a founding member of the Romantic Novelists' Association. In her 90s, she became a painter and built scale miniatures of Georgian and Tudor buildings.
Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
Ida Crowe Pollock writes as her married name Ida Pollock and under the pseudonyms Joan M. Allen, Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell.

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Written under the pen name of Pamela Kent (and that's how it is listed in the Guardian's list).

I would have adored this book in my adolescence when I was devouring romance novels! I still found it a pleasant read - nice clean romance. However, the plot was predictable (maybe because of all that teenage reading) and the secondary characters quite two dimensional.

Read as a Kindle book (from KU)
 
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leslie.98 | 1 weitere Rezension | Jun 27, 2023 |
What is this Mills and Boon romance doing on the Guardian 1000 list? I had to find out.

This is a fifties period piece. The blonde heroine is girlish and naive. She wears simple dresses in pastel colours, and little white hats. She doesn't drink. The wicked widow has dark hair, wears purple, is sophisticated, and drinks cocktails. She is so evil that her husband, the best shot in South Africa, committed suicide by lion. She tries to separate our heroine and our hero, a dark, sardonic, sophisticated, older man. Sophistication, an asset in a man, is a disaster in a woman!

I have no idea how this book made it onto the Guardian 1000 list. I quite enjoyed it, but it is tripe.
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pamelad | 1 weitere Rezension | Apr 14, 2016 |
 
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Condorena | Apr 2, 2013 |
Freshly out of school, 18-year-old Carol Inglis was Timothy Carrington's unofficial ward. For that reason, Timothy thought he can better support Carol if they were to marry instead.

I'm not a fan of May and December stories but that wasn't the problem I had with this book. No, I had issue with the way Carol was always described as being young and youthful, very shy, naive and child-like. She wore a lot of virginal white and was coddled and indulged. I kept seeing a 10-year-old in my mind and thinking how creepy an almost 40-year-old was her love interest! Carol was a Mary Sue-like character because she was always described as pretty and that everyone loved her (save for two jealous women in Timothy's life). She, and all the characters for the matter, lacked any personality.

Actually, truth be told, I kept imagining Carol a well cared-for, prized, life-sized doll because she was often being carried around and handled with gentle fingers. This of course goes back to the days when females were thought of as beautiful objects of limited use. This was after all an older book. (But it still made my eyes roll to no end.)

I got this book because I love the cover. Incidentally, this cover does not match the description of Carol, whom was fair-haired. I always thought the covers on the older Harlequin romances actually matched with the stories, but I guess I was wrong. Ha!
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starlightgenie | Jul 2, 2011 |

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