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Madeleine A. Polland

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born

January 01, 1918 in The United Kingdom

gender

female

genre

Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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Madeleine Polland (who also wrote as Frances Adrian) was born in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, on May 31, 1918.

Madeleine was educated at Hitchin Girls' Grammar School, Herfordshire, from 1929 to 1937.

After leaving school, she served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, and shortly after leaving married Arthur Joseph Polland in 1946.

Madeleine Polland has written several books for children and many novels for adults. Her first book for young readers, CHILDREN OF THE RED KING, was published in the UK by Constable in 1960.

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Books by Madeleine A. Polland

Average rating: 3.58 · 196 ratings · 37 reviews · 28 distinct works

	Beorn the Proud by Madeleine A. Polland, Joan Coppa Drennen (Illustrator) 3.52 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1961 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Flame Over Tara by Madeleine A. Polland, Omar Davis (Illustrator) 3.49 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1964	My rating:
	Mission to Cathay by Madeleine A. Polland, Peter Landa (Illustrator) 3.20 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1965	My rating:
	Fingal's Quest by Madeleine A. Polland, W.T. Mars (Illustrator) 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1961	My rating:
	Deirdre 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings	My rating:
	Sabrina 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	My rating:
	To Kill a King 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1971	My rating:
	Queen Without Crown by Madeleine A. Polland, Herbert Danska (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1965	My rating:
	Children of the Red King by Madeleine A. Polland, Annette Macarthur-Onslow (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1959 — 2 editions	My rating:
	City of the Golden House 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1963	My rating: