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Sheena Porter
Sheena Porter (born 1935) is a British author of children's novels. She won the 1964 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising ''Nordy Bank'' as the year's best children's book by a British subject. Sheena Porter has worked as a librarian in Leicester, Nottingham and Shropshire, and currently lives in Ludlow. Her work is particularly notable for its atmosphere and characterization. It has a feeling for landscape, often portraying actual places, especially in the high country of the Welsh Marches, such as Nordy Bank, and the Long Mynd in ''The Knockers''.Marcus Crouch, ''The Nesbit Tradition: The Children's Novel in England 1945–1970'', Ernest Benn, 1972, pp. 155–56. She also weaves the history and folklore of the region into her narratives. Selected works *''The Bronze Chrysanthemum'' (1961), illustrated by Shirley Hughes *''Hills and Hollows'' (1962), illus. Victor Ambrus *''Jacobs' Ladder'' (1963), illus. Ambrus *''Nordy Bank'' (1964), illus. Annette Macar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British People
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, "British" or "Britons" can refer to the Ancient Britons, the indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain and Brittany, whose surviving members are the modern Welsh people, Cornish people, and Bretons. It also refers to citizens of the former British Empire, who settled in the country prior to 1973, and hold neither UK citizenship nor nationality. Though early assertions of being British date from the Late Middle Ages, the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 triggered a sense of British national identity.. The notion of Britishness and a shared British identity was forged during the 18th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
