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Margaret Campbell Barnes

Born

in Rotherfield, Sussex, England, The United Kingdom

September 07, 1891

Died

April 01, 1962

Genre

Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction

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Margaret Campbell Wood was born on 17 February 1891 in Rotherfield, Sussex, England, UK. She was the youngest of ten children, who had a happy childhood in the Sussex country side. She was eventually educated at small private schools in Paris and London.

She married Peter Barnes in 1917,( a furniture salesman), and the couple had two sons, Michael and John. Michael, a Royal Armoured Corps Lieutenant, was killed during WW II.

She died on 1 April 1962 in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.

Her books are historical novels, called Shadows of the Crown, that follow the history of the English Crown. The majority of her books were written between the 1940's and 1950's. Her last and posthumous novel Lady on the Coin was finished by the novelist Hebe Elsna

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Average rating: 3.91 · 12,396 ratings · 667 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Tudor Rose 3.84 avg rating — 3,337 ratings — published 1953 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Lady of Cleves 3.99 avg rating — 3,053 ratings — published 1946 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brief Gaudy Hour: A Novel of Anne Boleyn 3.98 avg rating — 2,494 ratings — published 1949 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King's Fool 3.96 avg rating — 1,407 ratings — published 1959 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Within the Hollow Crown 3.84 avg rating — 701 ratings — published 1947 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Isabel the Fair 3.81 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 1957	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With All My Heart 3.95 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 1951 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Passionate Brood 3.54 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1945 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary of Carisbrooke 3.73 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1956 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady on the Coin by Margaret Campbell Barnes, Hebe Elsna 3.81 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1963 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Shadows of the Crown (11 books)
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“When we are young we love our idealization of people, I suppose, and only as we grow older do we love them as they really are.”
― Margaret Campbell Barnes, King's Fool

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“She is one of those people who have found serenity because they have never tried to dodge suffering.”
― Margaret Campbell Barnes, My Lady of Cleves

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“Gathering the golden harvest through long summer days leaves a lasting sweetness to ripen in a man’s soul. The smell of newly carted hay can be a lasting memory even in strange cities.”
― Margaret Campbell Barnes, King's Fool

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Polls

What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like the group to read together in January 2018?

Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant by Tracy Borman

10 votes, 13.9%

Amy Robsart: A Life and Its End by Christine Hartweg

9 votes, 12.5%

Watch the Lady by Elizabeth Fremantle

9 votes, 12.5%

The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory

8 votes, 11.1%

House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown by Nathen Amin

8 votes, 11.1%

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

8 votes, 11.1%

The Tudor Brandons: Mary and Charles - Henry VIII's Nearest & Dearest by Sarah-Beth Watkins

6 votes, 8.3%

Brief Gaudy Hour: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Margaret Campbell Barnes

5 votes, 6.9%

George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat by Claire Ridgway

3 votes, 4.2%

Charles Brandon: The King's Man by Sarah Bryson

2 votes, 2.8%

The White Rose Murders by Paul Doherty

2 votes, 2.8%

The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd

1 vote, 1.4%

The Colours of Our Petals by Aled Davies

1 vote, 1.4%

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