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Doris Leslie

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Doris Leslie (née Oppenheim, later Lady Fergusson Hannay) (9 March 1891 – 30 May 1982), was a British novelist and historical biographer. Her novel Peridot Flight (1956) was serialised in 10 episodes by BBC TV in October–December 1960.[1]

A number of her books had dust jackets with illustrated designs by period artists such as Philip Gough and Arthur Barbosa.

She was married three times:[2] in 1914 to John Leslie Isaacson (1889–1919); in 1930 to Reginald Vincent Cookes (1894–1948); and in 1936 to Walter Fergusson Leisrink Hannay, who was knighted in 1951 and died in 1961.

Works

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  • The Starling (1927)
  • Fools in Mortar (1928)
  • The Echoing Green (1929)
  • Terminus (1931)
  • Puppets Parade (1932)
  • Full Flavour (1934)
  • Fair Company (1936)
  • Concord in Jeopardy (1938)
  • Another Cynthia: The Adventures of Cynthia, Lady Ffulkes (1780-1850), reconstructed from her hitherto unpublished memoirs (1939)
  • Royal William: the Story of a Democrat (1940); life of William IV
  • House in the Dust (1942)
  • Polonaise (1942); a romance of Chopin
  • Folly's End (1944)
  • The Peverills (1946)
  • Wreath for Arabella (1948); life of Lady Arabella Stuart
  • That Enchantress (1950); life of Abigail Hill, Lady Marsham
  • The Great Corinthian (1952); portrait of the Prince Regent
  • A Toast to Lady Mary (1954); life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
  • Peridot Flight: a novel reconstructed from the memoirs of Peridot, Lady Mulvarnie 1872-1955 (1956)
  • Tales of Grace and Favour (comprising Another Cynthia, Folly's End, & The Peverills) (1956)
  • As the Tree Falls(1958); later published as The King's Traitor (1971),[3] based on the life of King Henry VIII
  • The Perfect Wife (1960); based on the life of Mary Anne Disraeli
  • I Return: The Story of François Villon (1962)[4]
  • This for Caroline (1964); about Lady Caroline Lamb
  • Paragon Street (1965)
  • The Sceptre and the Rose (1967); life of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza
  • The Marriage of Martha Todd (1968)
  • House in the Dust (1969)
  • The Rebel Princess (1970); about Sophia Dorothea of Celle
  • A Young Wives' Tale (1971)
  • The Desert Queen (1972); about Lady Hester Stanhope
  • Dragon's Head (1973)
  • The Incredible Duchess (1974); life and times of Elizabeth Chudleigh
  • Call Back Yesterday (1975)
  • Notorious Lady (1976); life and times of the Countess of Blessington
  • The Warrior King (1977); the reign of Richard the Lionheart
  • Crown of Thorns (1979); life and reign of Richard II[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Doris Leslie". IMDb.
  2. ^ England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915: John L Isaacson & Doris Oppenheim, St Marylebone London Sep 1914 Vol 1a Page 1588; Reginald V. Cookes & Doris Leslie, Hampstead Middlesex Mar 1930 Vol 1a Page 1089; Walter F L Hannay & Doris Leslie or Cookes, Westminster Middlesex Dec 1936 Vol 1a Page 1325
  3. ^ "The king's traitor". www.search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. ^ Leslie, Doris (1962), I return : the story of François Villon, Hodder & Stoughton, retrieved 3 July 2013
  5. ^ "Books by Doris Leslie (Author of the Prime Minister's Wife)".