Winifred Langford Mantle

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Winifred Langford Mantle
Born15 February 1911 Edit this on Wikidata
Staffordshire Edit this on Wikidata
Died13 November 1983 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 72)
Wolverhampton Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationWriter Edit this on Wikidata

Winifred Langford Mantle (1911–1983) was an English writer of romantic novels and young adult fiction. She wrote under several pseudonyms, including Jan Blaine, Anne Fellowes, Frances Lang and Jane Langford.[1]

Life[edit]

Winifred Langford Mantle was born on 15 February 1911 in Staffordshire, England. She was the daughter of Joseph Longford Mantle and Florence Fellows.[1] She studied at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, gaining a BA in 1932.[2]

Mantle died on 13 November 1983, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.[1]

Works[edit]

  • Happy is the House: a novel, 1951.
  • (as Jane Langford) Haste to the Wedding. Mills & Boon, 1955. A shorter version was published serially in Woman's Weekly.[3]
  • The Secret Fairing, 1956.
  • The Keys of Heaven,1958.
  • The Hiding Place, 1962.
  • The Leaping Lords, 1963
  • Tinker's Castle, 1963.
  • Country Cousin: a novel, 1963.
  • Sandy Smith, 1963.
  • The Château Holiday, 1964.
  • The Question of the Painted Cave, 1965
  • The Penderel Puzzle, 1966.
  • Summer at Temple Quentin, 1967.
  • The Admiral's Wood, 1967.
  • The Penderel House, 1966.
  • Winter at Wycliffe, 1968
  • The Tower of Remicourt, 1971
  • Jonnesty, 1973.
  • The Inconvenient Marriage, 1974.
  • Jonnesty in Winter, 1975.
  • The Beckoning Maiden, 1976.
  • The Vanishing Bridegroom, 1980.
  • To Be a Fine Lady, 1985.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2006). "Mantle, Winifred Langford (1911–1983)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages.
  2. ^ 'University News', The Times, 14 October 1932, p.18.
  3. ^ Library of Congress (1956). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1955: July-December. Washington. p. 1201.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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