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Charity Blackstock

Ursula Torday was born on 19 February 1912 (some sources say her birth in 1888 or 1914) in London, England, UK, daughter of mixed parents, her mother was Scottish and her father was Hungarian. She studied at Kensington High School in London, before went to the Oxford University, where she obtained a BA in English at Lady Margaret Hall College, and later a Social Science Certificate at London School of Economics.

In 1930s, she published her first three novels with her real name, Ursula Torday. During the World War II she worked as a probation officer for the Citizen's Advice Bureau, and during the next seven years afterwars, she also running a refugee scheme for Jewish children, inspiration for several of her future novels like, The Briar Patch (aka Young Lucifer) and The Children (aka Wednesday's Children) as Charity Blackstock. She worked as a typist at the National Central Library in London, inspiration for her future novel Dewey Death as Charity Blackstock. She also teaching English to adult students.

She returned to publishing in early 1950s, using the pseudonyms of Paula Allardyce, Charity Blackstock (in some cases reedited as Lee Blackstock in USA), to sign her gothic romance and mistery novels, later she also used the pseudonym of Charlotte Keppel. Her novel Miss Fenny (aka The Woman in the Woods) as Charity or Lee Blackstock was nominated for Edgar Award. In 1961, her novel Witches' Sabbath won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Ursula Torday passed away in 1997.

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British writer (1912-1997)

Born 19 February 1912
Died 6 March 1997

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    First published in 1957 — 4 editions
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British writer (1912-1997)

Born 19 February 1912
Died 6 March 1997

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction in English, Fiction, romance, suspense, Romance, Historical, 1950s, 1960s, Fiction, general, Mystery, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Contemporary, Gothic, Suspense, Fantasy, Governesses, Historical Romance, Large type books, Revenge, Twins, 1740s, 1970s, Adventure, Animals, Aryan supremacy, Betrayal

Places

England, France, Scotland, Bangkok, Channel Islands, Crocodile River, Derbyshire, Durban, Durban Harbour, Edinburgh, Kruger National Park, Limpopo River, London, London (England), MocambiqueSouth Africa, New York, Paris, Port Elizabeth, Portugal, Skukuz, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Transvaal, Zululand

People

Adam, Afrikaaner, Ahab, Alice, Andrew Mallory, British, Captain Adams, Cassandra Shelbrooke, Christ. Americans, Deirdre, Elizabeth Pentelow, Emma Forbes, Emmi, Evelina, Ferdy, Frances Morley, Francis Shelbrooke, French, German, God, Helen Moir, Ignace, Jamie, Jamie MacDonald, Kirsty

Time

Georgian Era, 18th century, 1750, 1949, 1950s, 1960s, 1972, 19th century, Victorian Era, World War II

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Alternative names

  • Ursula Torday
  • Paula Allardyce
  • Lee Blackstock
  • Charlotte Keppel
  • Charity BLACKSTOCK
  • CHARITY. (hardcover in jacket) BLACKSTOCK

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July 24, 2024 Edited by ditchqueen Edited without comment.
April 11, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig added date of death (from Wikipedia)
April 3, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import