Cynthia Harnett

Mary Cynthia Harnett ( born June 22, 1893 in Kensington, London, † October 25, 1981 in Hook, Hampshire ) was a British writer.

Life

Cynthia Harnett was a graduate of the Chelsea School of Art ( London). Subsequently, their collaboration began with her cousin, the painter George Vernon Stokes (1873-1954) and lasted long her whole life.

The last years of her life spent in Harnett Seniorenstift " Maryfield Convent " - led by the Dominican Sisters of Malta - in Hook, Hampshire. She died at the age of 88 years in Hook and found their final resting place.

Works

  • Something is rotten in Crow ligand Hahn ("A load of unicorn" ). Arena, Würzburg, 1986, ISBN 3-401-01528-1 (former Title Ladunf unicorn disappears and the smugglers from the Crow ends Hahn ).
  • The great House. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1968 ( Nachdr d ed London 1949).
  • Happy tramp. The story of a little girl and her old English sheep dog. Dent, London, 1944.
  • The Apprentice sample. An adventurous story from the London of the 15th century ( "Ring out bow bells" ). Free Spirit Publishing Life, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7725-2010-3.
  • Nicolas and the wool smugglers ("The wool- pack" ). Arena, Würzburg, 1987, ISBN 3-401-01552-4.
  • The sign in the fire. An adventurous story from England Henry VI. ("The writing on the hearth" ). Free Spirit Publishing Life, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-7725-0899-5.
  • A 15th century wool merchant. University Press, Oxford, 1966 ( People of Britain's past ).
  • Getting to know dogs. Collins, London, 1947.

Awards

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