George Fox and the valiant sixty

by Elfrida Vipont

George Fox and the valiant sixty

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Born in Manchester in 1902, Elfrida Vipont Brown was the daughter of devout Quakers, and was educated at Manchester High School, before studying history at Manchester University, and singing in Paris, London and Leipzig. She worked for a time as a professional singer (experience she would use in her books), married research technologist R.P. Foulds in 1929, and had four daughters. Vipont published her first book, Quakerism (1930), under her married name, E.V. Foulds, although she went on to use 'Elfrida Vipont' for her subsequent work. She was heavily involved in the field of Quaker education, serving as a Governor of Ackworth School - a Quaker institution founded in 1779, and to which many of her family were sent - as well as Headmistress of the Quaker Evacuation School at Yealand Manor, set up during World War II. Vipont wrote more than thirty books, including Weaver of Dreams, The Lark in the Morn, and The Elephant and the Bad Baby, finding success in all genres. She died in 1992.

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad book. The author does take some liberties with the facts, adding her own interpretation to some events and embellishing detail where none exists.

If you are interested in early Quaker history it's worth a read. Just remember some is interpretation of bare information.

[Rhiannon Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for my project on the history of Quaker history, this is an accessible and enjoyable introduction to the first generation of Quakers, lacking some recent insights, with a tendency to a strong pro-Fox perspective, and occasionally more emotional language than evidence.

[Anne Nydam · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm sorry this book has gone out of print again. It's a nice quick, accessible read if you're interested in the early days of Quakerism - how and why QUakerism got started and some of the excitement of the early days of the new movement.

[Craig Bolton]

George Fox and the Valiant Sixty by Elfrida Vipont (1997)