Книга: Geoffrey Trease «Comrades for the charter»
Повесть английского писателя Джеффри Триза (1909-1998) "Товарищи в борьбе за Хартию" рассказывает о детях, принимавших участие в чартистском движении - организованном выступлении рабочих Англии в середине XIX века. Издательство: "Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Wokers in the U.S.S.R." (1935) Формат: 82x110/32, 156 стр.
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Geoffrey Trease
(Robert) Geoffrey Trease (
He is best known for writing children's
Life and work
Geoffrey was born in
This was the first of his many historical novels and heralded an approach to writing for young people that was quite radical. Through exciting plots, strong characters (female as well as male) and meticulous attention to detail, he introduced his readers to a historical event or period, enabling them to absorb history effortlessly. His sense of fairness and belief in equality for all is a theme explored in many of his books and, within their historical settings, the discerning reader will recognise many parallels with contemporary issues.
The stories range from
Geoffrey also wrote modern
He had 113 books published before "deciding to call it a day" at the age of 88, through illness. Many were translated for foreign markets, including Asia and Europe. In the United States he won the
He lived in
Works
Children's writing
Junior Novels
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* "Comrades for the Charter" (Lawrence) (1934)
* "The New House at Hardale" (
* "Call to Arms" (Lawrence) (1935)
* "Missing from Home" (
* "Mystery on the Moors" (Black) (1937)
* "The Christmas Holiday Mystery" (Black) (1937)
* "Detectives of the Dales" (Black) (1938)
* "In the Land of the Mogul" (Black) (1938)
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* "Running Deer" (Harrap) (1941)
* "Grey Adventurer" (Blackwell) (1942)
* "Black Night, Red Morning" (Blackwell) (1944)
* "Trumpets in the West" (Blackwell) Revised Edition 1994 (Piper) Paperback only (1947)
* "Silver Guard" (Blackwell) (1948)
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* "The Secret Fiord" (Macmillan) (1950)
* "Under Black Banner" (Heinemann) (1951) (2nd in Bannermere series)
* "The Crown of Violet" (Macmillan) US title: "Web of Traitors" (Vanguard) (1952)
* "Black Banner Players" (Heinemann) (1952) (3rd in Bannermere series)
* "The Barons' Hostage" (Phoenix House) Revised Edition 1973 (Brockhampton Press) (1952)
* "The Silken Secret" (Blackwell) (1953)
* "The Island of the Gods" (
* "Black Banner Abroad" (Heinemann) (1954) (4th in Bannermere series)
* "Word to Caesar" (Macmillan) US title: "Message to Hadrian" (Vanguard) (1955)
* "The School Beyond the Snows" (
* "The Gates of Bannerdale" (Heinemann) (1956) (5th in Bannermere series)
* "Mist over Athelney" (Macmillan) US title: "Escape to King Alfred" (Vanguard) (1958)
* "Thunder of Valmy" (Macmillan) US title: "Victory at Valmy" (Vanguard) (1960)
* "The House of Blue Dragons" (
* "The Maythorn Story" (Heinemann) (1960)
* "Change at Maythorn" (Heinemann) (1962)
* "Follow my Black Plume" (Macmillan) (1963)
* "A Thousand for Sicily" (Macmillan) (1964)
* "The Red Towers of Granada" (Macmillan) (1966)
* "The White Nights of St Petersburg" (Macmillan) (1967)
* "Horsemen on the Hills" (Macmillan) (1971)
* "Popinjay Stairs" (Macmillan) (1972)
* "The Iron Tsar" (Macmillan) (1975)
* "Violet for Bonaparte" (Macmillan) (1976)
* "The Seas of Morning" (Puffin) Paperback only (1976)
* "The Field of the Forty Footsteps" (Macmillan) (1977)
* "Mandeville" (Macmillan) (1980)
* "Saraband for Shadows" (Macmillan) (1982)
* "The Cormorant Venture" (Macmillan) (1984)
* "Tomorrow is a Stranger" (Heinemann) (1987)
* "The Arpino Assignment" (Walker) (1988)
* "Shadow Under the Sea" (Walker) (1990)
* "Calabrian Quest" (Walker) (1990)
* "Song for a Tattered Flag" (Walker) Paperback only (1992)
* "Fire on the Wind" (Macmillan) (1993)
* "Bring Out the Banners" (Walker) (1994)
* "No Horn at Midnight" (Macmillan) (1995)
* "Curse on the Sea" (Hodder Children's Books) Paperback only (1996)
* "Cloak for a Spy" (Macmillan) Paperback only (1997)
* "Danger in the Wings" (Hodder Children's Books) (1997)
For Younger Readers
* "The Fair Flower of Danger" (Blackwell) (1955)
* "The Dutch are Coming" (
* "Bent is the Bow" (Nelson) (1965)
* "The Runaway Serf" (
* "A Masque for the Queen" (
* "A Ship to Rome" (Heinemann) (1972)
* "A Voice in the Night" (Heinemann) (1973)
* "The Chocolate Boy" (Heinemann) (1975)
* "When the Drums Beat" (Heinemann) (1976)
* "The Spycatchers" (
* "The Claws of the Eagle" (Heinemann) (1977)
* "The Running of the Deer" (
* "A Flight of Angels" (Macmillan) (1989)
* "Aunt Augusta's Elephant" (Macmillan) (1991)
* "Henry, King to Be" (Macdonald Young Books) (1995)
* "Page to Queen Jane" (Macdonald Young Books) (1996)
* "Elizabeth, Princess in Peril" (Macdonald Young Books) (1997)
* "Mission to Marathon" (
Other Children's Books
* "Red Comet: A Tale of Travel in the USSR" (Lawrence) (1937)
* "Fortune, My Foe: The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh" (Methuen) (1949)
* "The Mystery of Moorside Farm - also contains The Secret of Sharn and In the Blood" (Macmillan) (1949)
* "The Young Traveller in India and Pakistan" (Phoenix House) (1949)
* "Enjoying Books" (Phoenix House) (1951)
* "The Young Traveller in England and Wales" (Phoenix House) (1953)
* "Seven Queens of England" (Heinemann) (1953)
* "Seven Kings of England" (Heinemann) (1955)
* "The Young Traveller in Greece" (Phoenix House) (1956)
* "Edward Elgar, Maker of Music" (Macmillan) (1960)
* "The Young Writer" (Nelson) (1961)
* "Wolfgang Mozart : The Young Composer" (Macmillan) (1961)
* "Seven Stages" (Heinemann) (1964)
* "This is Your Century" (Heinemann) (1965)
* "Seven Sovereign Queens" (Heinemann) (1968)
* "Byron, A Poet Dangerous to Know" (Macmillan) (1969)
* "D.H. Lawrence, The Phoenix and the Flame" (Macmillan) (1973)
* "Days to Remember, A Garland of Historic Anniversaries" (Heinemann) Short Stories (1973)
* "Britain Yesterday" (Basil Blackwell) (1975)
* "A Wood by Moonlight and other Stories" (Heinemann) Short Stories (1981)
* "Timechanges: The Evolution of Everyday Life" (Kingfisher) (1985)
* "Looking through History: The Edwardian Era" (Batsford) (1986)
* "Hidden Treasure" (Evans) (1989)
Adult
Novels
* "Such Divinity" (
* "Only Natural" (
* "Snared Nightingale" (Macmillan) (1957)
* "So Wild the Heart" (Macmillan) (1959)
Autobiography
* "A Whiff of Burnt Boats" (Macmillan) (1971)
* "Laughter at the Door" (Macmillan) (1974)
* "Farewell the Hills" (Privately Printed) (1998)
Other Adult
* "The Supreme Prize" (Arthur H Stockwell) Poems (c1926)
* "The Unsleeping Sword" (Martin Lawrence) (1934)
* "Walking in England" (Fenland Press) (1935)
* "North Sea Spy" (Fore) (1939)
* "Clem Voroshilov - The Red Marshall" (Pilot Press) (1940)
* "Army without Banners" (Fore) (1945)
* "Tales Out of School" (Heinemann) Revised Edition 1964 (1948)
* "The Italian Story : From the Earliest Times to 1946 (Macmillan) (1963)
* "The Grand Tour" (Heinemann) (1967)
* "Matthew Todd's Journal" (Editor) (Heinemann) (1968)
* "Nottingham: A Biography" (Macmillan) (1970)
* "The Condottieri: Soldiers of Fortune" (
* "Samuel Pepys and his World" (
* "London: A Concise History" (
* "Portrait of a Cavalier" (Macmillan) Biography (1979)
Published Plays
* "After the Tempest" (published in "Best One Act Plays of 1938") (Muller) (1938)
* "The Dragon Who Was Different and Other Plays for Children" (Muller) (1938)
* "The Shadow of Spain and Other Plays" (Blackwell) (1953)
References
*cite web | title=Geoffrey Trease biblio | last= | first= | work=FantasticFiction | url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/t/geoffrey-trease/ | date= | accessdate=2008-02-20
*cite web | title=British Children's Historical Novels | last= | first= | work=Collecting Books and Magazines | url=http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/history.html | date= | accessdate=2008-02-20
*cite web | title=The World of Bannermere | last= | first= | work=Collecting Books and Magazines | url=http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/treasebb.html | date= | accessdate=2008-02-20
* "Geoffrey Trease" by Margaret Meek, 1960
External links
* [http://books.google.com/books?q=+inauthor:%22Geoffrey+Trease%22&source=gbs_authrefine_t Google Book Search for 'Geoffrey Trease']
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