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'''Molly Izzard''' ({{Nee}} Crutchleigh-Fitzpatrick; 1 August 1919 – 4 February 2004) was an English writer. She was the co-author of the book published in 1959 called ''Smelling The Breezes'', which is about a camping trek she and her family took in the High Lebanon mountains. Izzard subsequently wrote ''A Private Life'' in 1963 on her private life at work. In 1969, she authored ''A Life of Dame Helen Gwynne Vaughan'' and ''The Gulf: Arabian Western Approaches'' on [[Middle East]]ern events ten years later. Izzard's final work was a controversial biography on the explorer [[Freya Stark]] which was published in 1993.
'''Molly Izzard''' ({{Nee}} Crutchleigh-Fitzpatrick; 1 August 1919 – 4 February 2004) was an English writer. She was the co-author of the book ''Smelling The Breezes'', published in 1959, about a camping trek she and her family took in the High Lebanon mountains. Izzard subsequently wrote ''A Private Life'' in 1963 on her private life at work. In 1969, she authored ''A Life of Dame Helen Gwynne Vaughan'' and ''The Gulf: Arabian Western Approaches'' on [[Middle East]]ern events ten years later. Izzard's final work was a controversial biography on the explorer [[Freya Stark]], published in 1993.


==Early life==
==Early life==
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She attended convents in [[Cherbourg-Octeville|Cherbourg]] and [[Darjeeling]].<ref name="GuardianObit" /> After the death of her father in a car accident, she moved back to Britain and was educated at [[Dollar Academy]] in [[Clackmannanshire]] before matriculating at a finishing school in [[Genoa]].<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" /> Izzard did not feel comfortable in such an environment and moved to Hungary to live with a aristocratic count and his family.<ref name="TimesObit" />
She attended convents in [[Cherbourg-Octeville|Cherbourg]] and [[Darjeeling]].<ref name="GuardianObit" /> After the death of her father in a car accident, she moved back to Britain and was educated at [[Dollar Academy]] in [[Clackmannanshire]] before matriculating at a finishing school in [[Genoa]].<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" /> Izzard did not feel comfortable in such an environment and moved to Hungary to live with a aristocratic count and his family.<ref name="TimesObit" />


Just before the [[World War II|Second World War]], she again returned to Britain to join the [[First Aid Nursing Yeomanry]] as a driver before taking on intelligence duties ferrying important individuals across London for the following three years.<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" /> Izzard also served under [[Sefton Delmer]] in the propaganda agency, the [[Political Warfare Executive]].<ref name="DWW25000Entry" /><ref name="GuardianObit" />
Just before the [[World War II|Second World War]], she again returned to Britain to join the [[First Aid Nursing Yeomanry]] as a driver before taking on intelligence duties ferrying influential individuals across London for the following three years.<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" /> Izzard also served under [[Sefton Delmer]] in the propaganda agency, the [[Political Warfare Executive]].<ref name="DWW25000Entry" /><ref name="GuardianObit" />


==Career==
==Career==
She co-authored her first book, ''Smelling The Breezes'', with her husband [[Ralph Izzard]] in 1959,<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=12 July 1959|title=Smelling The Breezes|page=11|work=[[The Observer]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81682076/smelling-the-breezes-rmi-12-july-1959/|access-date=18 July 2021|via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}|archive-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718085436/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81682076/smelling-the-breezes-rmi-12-july-1959/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was republished as ''A Walk in the Mountains'' in the United States the following year.<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 October 1960|title=When Things Get Bad, We Just Close The Shutters|page=20|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81682165/a-walk-in-the-mountains-rmi-chicago/|access-date=18 July 2021|via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}|archive-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718085437/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81682165/a-walk-in-the-mountains-rmi-chicago/|url-status=live}}</ref> The book Izzard wrote was about the two-month {{Convert|300|mi|km|abbr=on}} camping trek she and her family took through the High Lebanon mountains by donkey in 1957.<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" /><ref name=":0" />
She co-authored her first book, ''Smelling The Breezes'', with her husband [[Ralph Izzard]] in 1959,<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=12 July 1959|title=Smelling The Breezes|page=11|work=[[The Observer]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81682076/smelling-the-breezes-rmi-12-july-1959/|access-date=18 July 2021|via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}|archive-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718085436/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81682076/smelling-the-breezes-rmi-12-july-1959/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was republished as ''A Walk in the Mountains'' in the United States the following year.<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 October 1960|title=When Things Get Bad, We Just Close The Shutters|page=20|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81682165/a-walk-in-the-mountains-rmi-chicago/|access-date=18 July 2021|via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}|archive-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718085437/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81682165/a-walk-in-the-mountains-rmi-chicago/|url-status=live}}</ref> The book Izzard wrote was about the two-month {{Convert|300|mi|km|abbr=on}} camping trek she and her family took through the High Lebanon mountains by donkey in 1957.<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" /><ref name=":0" />


Izzard's second book, ''A Private Life'', followed in 1963. She detailed in the book her memories of the first seven years of her marriage to Ralph Izzard. She also reported on the [[Partition of India]],<ref name="TimesObit" /> bringing up her family amongst the [[Egyptian revolution of 1952]], and life in [[British Cyprus]] (1878–1960) in 1960, as it transitioned to an independent state.<ref name="GuardianObit" />
Izzard's second book, ''A Private Life'', followed in 1963. In the book, she details her memories of the first seven years of her marriage to Ralph Izzard. She also reported on the [[Partition of India]],<ref name="TimesObit" /> bringing up her family amongst the [[Egyptian revolution of 1952]], and life in [[British Cyprus]] (1878–1960) in 1960, as it transitioned to an independent state.<ref name="GuardianObit" />


In 1969, Izzard authored ''A Life of Dame Helen Gwynne Vaughan'' on a commission from her publishers.<ref name="TimesObit" /> Ten years later, Izzard wrote, ''The Gulf: Arabian Western Approaches'', which was a first-hand account of the rise of the nation-states [[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]] and the Emirates set against [[Saudi Arabia]]'s restrictive [[Wahhabism]]. The book also covered Iraqi and Iranian power when Anglo oil companies lost their grip on the region.<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" />
In 1969, Izzard authored ''A Life of Dame Helen Gwynne Vaughan'' on a commission from her publishers.<ref name="TimesObit" /> Ten years later, Izzard wrote, ''The Gulf: Arabian Western Approaches'', which was a first-hand account of the rise of the nation-states [[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]] and the Emirates set against [[Saudi Arabia]]'s restrictive [[Wahhabism]]. The book also covered Iraqi and Iranian power when Anglo oil companies lost their grip on the region.<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" />


She was asked by her publishers [[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]] to write a biography on the explorer [[Freya Stark]].<ref name="TimesObit" /> Izzard met Stark in the small Italian town of [[Asolo]] and noticed that accounts of her life were fabricated. This caused Izzard to extensively investigate Stark further. She revealed further information on the explorer.<ref name="GuardianObit" /><ref>{{cite journal|last=Barron|first=Janet|title=Desert stormer – Freya Stark: A Biography by Molly Izzard|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/224390904|journal=[[New Statesman|New Statesman & Society]]|date=5 February 1993|accessdate=18 July 2021|volume=6|issue=238|via=ProQuest|url-access=subscription|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827203612/https://www.proquest.com/docview/224390904|id={{ProQuest|224390904}} |url-status=live}}</ref> When the Murray family reviewed the manuscript, they asked Izzard to make alterations to it, since it depicted Stark, also a John Murray author, in a negative light. Izzard refused to make any changes whatsoever. The book was published by [[Hodder & Stoughton]] in 1993 and was received negatively by enthusiasts of Stark. It got mixed comments from reviewers.<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" />
She was asked by her publishers [[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]] to write a biography on the explorer [[Freya Stark]].<ref name="TimesObit" /> Izzard met Stark in the small Italian town of [[Asolo]] and noticed that accounts of her life were fabricated."Izzard extensively investigated Stark after this incident.". She revealed further information on the explorer.<ref name="GuardianObit" /><ref>{{cite journal|last=Barron|first=Janet|title=Desert stormer – Freya Stark: A Biography by Molly Izzard|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/224390904|journal=[[New Statesman|New Statesman & Society]]|date=5 February 1993|accessdate=18 July 2021|volume=6|issue=238|via=ProQuest|url-access=subscription|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827203612/https://www.proquest.com/docview/224390904|id={{ProQuest|224390904}} |url-status=live}}</ref> When the Murray family reviewed the manuscript, they asked Izzard to make alterations to it, since it depicted Stark, also a John Murray author, in a negative light. Izzard refused to make any changes whatsoever. The book was published by [[Hodder & Stoughton]] in 1993 and was received negatively by enthusiasts of Stark. It got mixed comments from reviewers.<ref name="TimesObit" /><ref name="GuardianObit" />


==Personal life==
==Personal life==


She was married to Ralph Izzard, a ''[[Daily Mail]]'' Middle East correspondent, circa 1948 in Delhi until his death in 1992. They had four children.<ref name="DWW25000Entry" /><ref name="GuardianObit" /> On 4 February 2004, Izzard died in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]] in England.<ref name="DWW25000Entry" />
She married Ralph Izzard, a ''[[Daily Mail]]'' Middle East correspondent, circa 1948 in Delhi until he died in 1992. They had four children.<ref name="DWW25000Entry" /><ref name="GuardianObit" /> On 4 February 2004, Izzard died in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]] in England.<ref name="DWW25000Entry" />


==Legacy==
==Legacy==


The correspondent for ''[[The Times]]'' wrote of Izzard "[she] had an enquiring mind, and her five books, on very different topics, were notable for their candour and the perceptiveness of her observations."<ref name="TimesObit" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' writer Veronica Horwell said the writer was one of the sharpest of a foreign correspondent's wife who was experienced in public affairs and knew of constructing "daily connections with the realities of a place."<ref name="GuardianObit" />
The correspondent for ''[[The Times]]'' wrote of Izzard, "[she] had an enquiring mind, and her five books, on very different topics, were notable for their candour and the perceptiveness of her observations."<ref name="TimesObit" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' writer Veronica Horwell said the writer was one of the sharpest of a foreign correspondent's wife who was experienced in public affairs and knew of constructing "daily connections with the realities of a place."<ref name="GuardianObit" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:49, 21 April 2024

Molly Izzard
Born
Molly Crutchleigh-Fitzpatrick

(1919-08-01)1 August 1919
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Died4 February 2004(2004-02-04) (aged 84)
Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, United Kingdom
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
OccupationWriter
Years active1959–1993
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1948; died 1992)​
Children4

Molly Izzard (née Crutchleigh-Fitzpatrick; 1 August 1919 – 4 February 2004) was an English writer. She was the co-author of the book Smelling The Breezes, published in 1959, about a camping trek she and her family took in the High Lebanon mountains. Izzard subsequently wrote A Private Life in 1963 on her private life at work. In 1969, she authored A Life of Dame Helen Gwynne Vaughan and The Gulf: Arabian Western Approaches on Middle Eastern events ten years later. Izzard's final work was a controversial biography on the explorer Freya Stark, published in 1993.

Early life

On 1 August 1919, Izzard was born Molly Crutchleigh-Fitzpatrick, in Cornwall, England.[1] Her father was of Anglo-Indian stock, and exited Calcutta to work on a British Guiana sugar plantation.[2] Following the separation of her parents,[2] Izzard accompanied her father to India.[3]

She attended convents in Cherbourg and Darjeeling.[3] After the death of her father in a car accident, she moved back to Britain and was educated at Dollar Academy in Clackmannanshire before matriculating at a finishing school in Genoa.[2][3] Izzard did not feel comfortable in such an environment and moved to Hungary to live with a aristocratic count and his family.[2]

Just before the Second World War, she again returned to Britain to join the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry as a driver before taking on intelligence duties ferrying influential individuals across London for the following three years.[2][3] Izzard also served under Sefton Delmer in the propaganda agency, the Political Warfare Executive.[1][3]

Career

She co-authored her first book, Smelling The Breezes, with her husband Ralph Izzard in 1959,[2][4] and was republished as A Walk in the Mountains in the United States the following year.[5] The book Izzard wrote was about the two-month 300 mi (480 km) camping trek she and her family took through the High Lebanon mountains by donkey in 1957.[2][3][4]

Izzard's second book, A Private Life, followed in 1963. In the book, she details her memories of the first seven years of her marriage to Ralph Izzard. She also reported on the Partition of India,[2] bringing up her family amongst the Egyptian revolution of 1952, and life in British Cyprus (1878–1960) in 1960, as it transitioned to an independent state.[3]

In 1969, Izzard authored A Life of Dame Helen Gwynne Vaughan on a commission from her publishers.[2] Ten years later, Izzard wrote, The Gulf: Arabian Western Approaches, which was a first-hand account of the rise of the nation-states Bahrain, Kuwait and the Emirates set against Saudi Arabia's restrictive Wahhabism. The book also covered Iraqi and Iranian power when Anglo oil companies lost their grip on the region.[2][3]

She was asked by her publishers John Murray to write a biography on the explorer Freya Stark.[2] Izzard met Stark in the small Italian town of Asolo and noticed that accounts of her life were fabricated."Izzard extensively investigated Stark after this incident.". She revealed further information on the explorer.[3][6] When the Murray family reviewed the manuscript, they asked Izzard to make alterations to it, since it depicted Stark, also a John Murray author, in a negative light. Izzard refused to make any changes whatsoever. The book was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1993 and was received negatively by enthusiasts of Stark. It got mixed comments from reviewers.[2][3]

Personal life

She married Ralph Izzard, a Daily Mail Middle East correspondent, circa 1948 in Delhi until he died in 1992. They had four children.[1][3] On 4 February 2004, Izzard died in Royal Tunbridge Wells in England.[1]

Legacy

The correspondent for The Times wrote of Izzard, "[she] had an enquiring mind, and her five books, on very different topics, were notable for their candour and the perceptiveness of her observations."[2] The Guardian writer Veronica Horwell said the writer was one of the sharpest of a foreign correspondent's wife who was experienced in public affairs and knew of constructing "daily connections with the realities of a place."[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Izzard, Molly (1919–2004)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2006. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021 – via Encyclopedia.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Molly Izzard; Obituary". The Times. 13 February 2004. p. 43. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Horwell, Veronica (17 February 2004). "Molly Izzard; A fresh view of the Middle East and Freya Stark's role in it". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Smelling The Breezes". The Observer. 12 July 1959. p. 11. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "When Things Get Bad, We Just Close The Shutters". Chicago Tribune. 30 October 1960. p. 20. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Barron, Janet (5 February 1993). "Desert stormer – Freya Stark: A Biography by Molly Izzard". New Statesman & Society. 6 (238). ProQuest 224390904. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021 – via ProQuest.
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