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First published in 1944, Magdalen King-Hall's Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton is a historical novel set in late-seventeenth-century England. It tells the story of Barbara Skelton, a well-born young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who finds escape from the tedium of her life by leading a double life as a highway robber.
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Magdalen King-Hall (22 July 1904 – 1 January 1971) was an English novelist, journalist and children's fiction writer. Her novel Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton was made into a film twice: The Wicked Lady (1945), starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason , and the 1983 remake, also called The Wicked Lady , starring Faye Dunaway and ...
Known as Madge to her friends, Magdalen King-Hall was small in stature. She had a kind gentle nature with a dry sense of humour. Her interests were mainly intellectual, particularly literature and history.
First published in 1944, Magdalen King-Hall's Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton is a historical novel set in late-seventeenth-century England. It tells the story of Barbara Skelton, a well-born young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who finds escape from the tedium of her life by leading a double life as a highway robber.
Magdalen King-Hall. 3.84. 45 ratings8 reviews. Set in the dashing, roaring days of the wicked 1600's this is the story of the lovely, wanton Barbara Skelton, who craved excitement and adventure and embraces more satisfying than her dull bore of a husband could give her.
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by Magdalen King-Hall. Part of the Routledge Library Editions: Early Years series. Paperback / softback. 07/11/2024. 9781032367682. Pre-Order. Description. Originally ...
Magdalen King-Hall (22 July 1904 – 1 January 1971) was an English novelist, journalist and children's fiction writer. (from Wikipedia)
