Flora Thompson: the story of the "Lark Rise" writer

by Gillian Lindsay

The first full biography of the author of "Lark Rise to Candleford", who became a poineer of the conservation movement.

Genres: Biography

192 pages, Hardcover

First published April 30, 1990

Reviews

[Sarah Dunsbee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting, early part mostly what you can gather from the books and she still seems a bit illusive at end,but then a ordinary woman who lived in the past and was not an outgoing social butterfly would not leave behind great piles of notice... lovely to see the photos and read some of her later countryside accounts. What a lot of work she put in to helping aspiring writers in those days long before the internet or other ways of easy communication far afield.

[June · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is interesting. I read it as Flora Thompson is a distant cousin. I found the writing to be a little too fauning.