Joanna Trollope
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Joanna Trollope was born in Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England on December 9, 1943. She graduated from Oxford University. She worked on Chinese affairs in the Foreign Office in London for two years, and then became a teacher. In 1980, she became a full-time author. Her first books to be published mehr anzeigen were a number of historical novels written under the pen name Caroline Harvey. These were followed by Britannia's Daughters: Women of the British Empire, a historical study of women in the British Empire. The Choir was her first contemporary novel. Her other works include A Village Affair, A Passionate Man, The Rector's Wife, Girl from the South, The Soldier's Wife, and Balancing Act. She was appointed OBE in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List. (Bowker Author Biography) Joanna Trollope is a descendant of Anthony Trollope & a #1 bestselling author in England. Her ten novels include "Marrying the Mistress", "Other People's Children", & "The Best of Friends", "A Spanish Lover", "The Choir", & "The Rector's Wife" which were both adapted for Masterpiece Theatre; & writing as Caroline Harvey, the historical novels "The Brass Dolphin" & "Legacy of Love". She lives in London & Gloucestershire, England. (Publisher Provided) weniger anzeigen
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(eng) Caroline Harvey is a pseudonym used by Joanna Trollope.
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Contemporary Challenges to the Laws of War: Essays in Honour of Professor Peter Rowe (2014) 5 Exemplare
The Passage 1 Exemplar
A Passionate Man | A Spanish Lover 1 Exemplar
Eliza Stanhope | City of Gems 1 Exemplar
The Piano Men [short fiction] 1 Exemplar
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The Book Lovers' Appreciation Society: Breast Cancer Care Short Story Collection (2009) — Mitwirkender — 92 Exemplare
New Beginnings: New Writing from Bestselling Authors Sold in Aid of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Earthquake Charities (2005) — Mitwirkender — 44 Exemplare
Complete Short Stories. Vol. 4. Courtship and Marriage (1982) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 31 Exemplare
Complete Short Stories. Vol. 1. The Christmas Stories (1934) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 30 Exemplare
Complete Short Stories. Vol. 2. Editors and Writers (1934) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 30 Exemplare
Complete Short Stories. Vol. 5. The Journey to Panama and Other Stories (1983) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 25 Exemplare
Complete Short Stories. Vol. 3. Tourists and Colonials (1981) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 23 Exemplare
Telling Stories: The Best of BBC Radio's Recent Short Fiction v. 4 (1995) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Het Beste Boek 257: De tweeminutenregel / Vals / Dokter in Ierland / Tweede jeugd — Autor — 4 Exemplare
Of Love and Life: Making Your Mind Up / Second Honeymoon / Be Careful What You Wish For (2006) — Autor — 3 Exemplare
Det Bästas Bokval (1999) vol 205 : I vargars närhet; Plum Islands hemlighet; Andras barn — Autor — 2 Exemplare
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Trollope Potter Curteis, Joanna
- Andere Namen
- Trollope, Joanna
Harvey, Caroline - Geburtstag
- 1943-12-09
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Ausbildung
- University of Oxford (St Hugh's College)
Reigate County School for Girls - Berufe
- teacher
writer
novelist - Beziehungen
- Trollope, Anthony (fifth-generation uncle)
Trollope, James (cousin)
Potter, David Roger William (ex-husband)
Curteis, Ian (ex-husband) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Order of the British Empire (Officer, 1996)
- Kurzbiographie
- Joanna Trollope was born on 9 December 1943 in her grandfather's rectory in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England, daughter of Rosemary Hodson and Arthur George Cecil Trollope. She is the eldest of three siblings. She is a fifth-generation niece of the Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope and is a cousin of the writer and broadcaster James Trollope. She was educated at Reigate County School for Girls followed by St Hugh's College, Oxford. On 14 May 1966, she married the banker David Roger William Potter, they had two daughters, Antonia and Louise, and on 1983 they divorced. In 1985, she remarried to the television dramatist Ian Curteis, and became the stepmother of two stepsons; they divorced in 2001. Today, she is a grandmother and lives on her own in London.
From 1965 to 1967, she worked at the Foreign Office. From 1967 to 1979, she was employed in a number of teaching posts before she became a writer full-time in 1980. Her novel Parson Harding's Daughter won in 1980 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. - Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
- Caroline Harvey is a pseudonym used by Joanna Trollope.
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The Other Family: A Novel von Joanna Trollope
Als der fast 70jährige Konzertpianist Richie plötzlich stirbt, steht seine Frau Chrissie mit ihren drei fast erwachsenen Töchtern vor einem Scherbenhaufen. Richie hatte sich nie von seiner ersten Frau Magret scheiden lassen und vermacht ihr die Recht an seinen Kompositionen. Sein Sohn aus erster Ehe Scott erbt den wertvollen Flügel. Für Chrissie bricht eine WElt zusammen, sie hasst dei andere Familie, die sie nie kennegelernt hat. Als ihre jüngste Tochter Amy Kontakt aufnimmt und nach dem Abitur sogar nach Newcastle reist, um Scott kenn zu lernen, dreht Chrissie fast durch. Durch die Hilfe ihrer Freundin Sue kann sie langsam ihr Leben und das ihrer Töchter neuordnen. Sie verkauft die Villa und zieht allein in eine Wohnung. Tamsin zieht zu ihrem Freund und Dilly sucht sich endlich einen Job und eine WG- Amy wird in Newcastle Musik studieren und Margret, Richies erst Frau ist versöhnt mit ihrem Schicksal als alleinerziehende Mutter. Ein zu Herzen gehender Schicksalsroman. Wunderbar!… (mehr)
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