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'''Cynthia Harnett''' (22 June 1893 – 25 October 1981) was an [[English people|English]] author and illustrator, mainly of [[children's books]]. She is best known for six [[historical novels]] that feature ordinary teenage children involved in events of national significance, four of them in the 15th century. They are characterised by meticulous background research and vivid evocation of history.<ref name=childrens/><ref name=english/> For one of them, ''[[The Wool-Pack]]'' (1951), she won the [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]] from the [[CILIP|Library Association]], recognising the year's best children's book by a [[British subject]].<ref name=medal1951/> Another, ''The Load of Unicorn'' (1959), was a commended runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.<ref name=ccsu/>{{efn |name=HC}}
'''Cynthia Harnett''' (22 June 1893 – 25 October 1981) was an [[English people|English]] author and illustrator, mainly of [[children's books]]. She is best known for six [[historical novels]] that feature ordinary teenage children involved in events of national significance, four of them in the 15th century. They are characterised by meticulous background research and vivid evocation of history.<ref name=childrens/><ref name=english/>
For one of them, ''[[The Wool-Pack]]'' (1951), she won the [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]] from the [[CILIP|Library Association]], recognising the year's best children's book by a [[British subject]].<ref name=medal1951/> Another, ''[[The Load of Unicorn]]'' (1959), was a commended runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.<ref name=ccsu/>{{efn |name=HC}}


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* ''[[The Wool-Pack]]'' (1951)<!-- Methuen, 560560739 184pp --> —set in the Cotswolds in 1493
* ''[[The Wool-Pack]]'' (1951)<!-- Methuen, 560560739 184pp --> —set in the Cotswolds in 1493
* ''[[Ring Out Bow Bells!]]'' (1953)<!-- Methuen, 560560692 217pp --> —set in London in 1415
* ''[[Ring Out Bow Bells!]]'' (1953)<!-- Methuen, 560560692 217pp --> —set in London in 1415
* ''Stars of Fortune'' (1956)<!-- Methuen, 560560716 223pp--> —set in 1554
* ''Stars of Fortune'' (1956)<!-- Methuen, 560560716 223pp--> —set in 1554, about the Washington family, of Sulgrave Manor in Northants, England; and their stars-and-stripes coat of arms; ancestors of George Washington
* ''[[The Load of Unicorn]]'' (1959)<!-- Methuen, 752626144 239pp --> —set in London in 1482
* ''[[The Load of Unicorn]]'' (1959)<!-- Methuen, 752626144 239pp --> —set in London in 1482
* ''[[The Writing on the Hearth]]'' (1971), illus. Gareth Floyd<!-- Methuen, 629165 303pp ISBN 0416467601 --> —set in the 1430s
* ''[[The Writing on the Hearth]]'' (1971), illus. Gareth Floyd<!-- Methuen, 629165 303pp ISBN 0416467601 --> —set in the 1430s
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* ''The Green Popinjay'' (Blackwell, 1955) <!-- 32pp, ill.; evidently a picture book -->
* ''The Green Popinjay'' (Blackwell, 1955) <!-- 32pp, ill.; evidently a picture book -->
* ''A Fifteenth-Century Wool Merchant'' (Oxford, 1962) <!--oclc=30220092 31pp; evidently a picture book; People of the Past series http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se%3A%22People+of+the+past+series.%22 -->
* ''A Fifteenth-Century Wool Merchant'' (Oxford, 1962) <!--oclc=30220092 31pp; evidently a picture book; People of the Past series http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se%3A%22People+of+the+past+series.%22 -->
* ''Monasteries & Monks'' (B. T. Batsford, 1963), illus. Edward Osmond <!-- 176pp, ill., maps, plans; LCC BX2592.H3 (nonfiction) -->
* ''Monasteries & Monks'' (B. T. Batsford, 1963), illus. [[Edward Osmond]] <!-- 176pp, ill., maps, plans; LCC BX2592.H3 (nonfiction) -->
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://archive.is/20130414202130/http://goodtoread.org/choice/historical-stories-of-cynthia-harnett-the/ "The Historical Stories of Cynthia Harnett"]
*[https://archive.today/20130414202130/http://goodtoread.org/choice/historical-stories-of-cynthia-harnett-the/ "The Historical Stories of Cynthia Harnett"]


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Latest revision as of 17:19, 31 October 2024

Cynthia Harnett (22 June 1893 – 25 October 1981) was an English author and illustrator, mainly of children's books. She is best known for six historical novels that feature ordinary teenage children involved in events of national significance, four of them in the 15th century. They are characterised by meticulous background research and vivid evocation of history.[1][2]

For one of them, The Wool-Pack (1951), she won the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.[3] Another, The Load of Unicorn (1959), was a commended runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.[4][a]

Life

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Cynthia Harnett was born in London and studied at Chelsea School of Art.[2] She illustrated the early editions of several of her own novels, but she also collaborated more than a dozen times with the painter and etcher George Vernon Stokes (1873–1954). Several of their books about dogs, the countryside or both credit Stokes and Harnett as co-authors.[5]

Works

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Since 1995 there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. According to CCSU some runners-up were Commended (from 1954) or Highly Commended (from 1966). There were about 160 commendations of both kinds in the 49 years to 2002, including five for 1959.

References

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  1. ^ "Harnett, Cynthia". Bridget Carrington. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Jack Zipes, ed. Oxford University Press. 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Harnett, Cynthia". The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Dinah Birch, ed. Oxford University Press. 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  3. ^ (Carnegie Winner 1951). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Carnegie Medal Award". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  5. ^ a b WorldCat identities: Harnett, C. M.; Harnett, Cynthia; Stokes, George Vernon; Stokes, Vernon. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
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