Troy Chimneys

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Troy Chimneys
Troy Chimneys.jpg
First edition (UK)
AuthorMargaret Kennedy
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical
PublisherMacmillan
Rinehart (US)
Publication date
1953
Media typePrint

Troy Chimneys is a 1953 historical novel by the British writer Margaret Kennedy.[1] [2] It was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction.[3]

Synopsis[]

While recovering from illness, a Victorian gentleman decides to read the diaries of his Regency Era ancestor Miles Lufton.

References[]

  1. ^ Vinson p.403
  2. ^ Wallace p.106
  3. ^ Hammill p.150

Bibliography[]

  • Hammill, Faye. Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture Between the Wars. University of Texas Press, 2007.
  • Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.
  • Wallace, Diana. The Woman's Historical Novel: British Women Writers, 1900-2000. Springer, 2004.
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