Diana Norman

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born

August 25, 1933 in Devon, The United Kingdom

died

January 27, 2011

gender

female

website

http://www.arianafranklin.com/

genre

Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

British journalist Diana Norman also writes as Ariana Franklin.

After working on local newspapers in Devon and the East End of London, Diana Norman became, at twenty years of age, the youngest reporter on what used to be Fleet Street. She married the film critic Barry Norman, and they have settled in Hertfordshire with their two daughters. Her first book of fiction, Fitzempress's Law, was chosen by Frank Delaney of BBC Radio 4's Bookshelf as the best example of a historical novel of its year. She is now a freelance journalist, as well as a writer of biographies and historical novels.

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Books by Diana Norman

Average rating: 3.83 · 772 ratings · 147 reviews · 16 distinct works

	A Catch of Consequence 3.71 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Taking Liberties 3.78 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Sparks Fly Upward 3.93 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Vizard Mask 4.20 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Morning Gift 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Pirate Queen 3.75 avg rating — 32 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Daughter of Lir 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Fitzempress' Law 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Shores Of Darkness 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Blood Royal 3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Series by Diana Norman

Makepeace Hedley (3 books)
by Diana Norman

3.77 avg rating — 530 ratings

Quotes by Diana Norman

“A small brazier glowed near the monk's left hand. On a lecturn before him lay pots of paints, brushes, a quill, a pen, a knife, a sizeable handbell, the tooth of some animal--and a piece of parchment.
It was the parchment that commanded the room. Until he saw it Len didn't realize how starved he had been of colour. Villagers dressed in various shades of brown and beige, like their furniture and fields and now, here, was an irruption of the rainbow, as if a charm of goldfinches had landed on the manuscript and been transfixed.”
― Diana Norman, Fitzempress' Law

tags: color , interesting , medieval-life , the-importance-of-art

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