''White Ladies'' is a 1935 novel by the British writer

Francis Brett Young Francis Brett Young (29 June 1884 – 28 March 1954) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, composer, doctor and soldier. Life Francis Brett Young was born in Halesowen, Worcestershire. He received his early education at Iona, a pri ...

.Cannadine p.161 The granddaughter of a wealthy tycoon and his well-bred wife becomes obsessed with recovering the family estate, the

Elizabethan The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history. The symbol of Britannia (a female personifi ...

manor house named White Ladies. Like many of the author's

Mercian novels Francis Brett Young (29 June 1884 – 28 March 1954) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, composer, doctor and soldier. Life Francis Brett Young was born in Halesowen, Worcestershire. He received his early education at Iona, a priva ...

, much of the novel is set in Worcestershire.

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* Cannadine, David. ''In Churchill's Shadow: Confronting the Past in Modern Britain''. Oxford University Press, 2004. 1935 British novels Novels by Francis Brett Young Novels set in Worcestershire Heinemann (publisher) books Harper & Brothers books {{1930s-novel-stub