D. K. Broster

A Fire of Driftwood

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Produktbeschreibung

Dorothy Kathleen Broster (1877-1950) wrote many well-regarded historical novels. This is a collection of her short stories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wildside Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781434418081
• ISBN-10: 1434418081
• Artikelnr.: 34379402

Autorenporträt

Dorothy Kathleen Broster (2 September 1877 7 February 1950), usually known as D.K. Broster, was a British novelist and short-story writer, born in Garston, Liverpool at Devon Lodge (now known as Monksferry House), which lies in Grassendale Park on the banks of the River Mersey. Educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and St Hilda's College, Oxford (where she was one of the first students), she served as a Red Cross nurse during World War I with a voluntary Franco-American hospital. Broster's first two novels were co-written with Gertrude Winifred Taylor; Chantemerle: A Romance of the Vendean War and The Vision Splendid