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Drabble, Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Drabble, Margaret, 1939–, English novelist, b. Sheffield, Yorkshire; sister of A. S. Byatt. Drabble's rigorous and unsentimentally realistic vision of an England split between…

Byatt, A. S.

(Encyclopedia) Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan Byatt)Byatt, A. S.bīˈət [key], 1936–, British novelist; sister of Margaret Drabble. Educated at Cambridge, Bryn Mawr College, Pa., and Oxford, she is a…

Female Literary Figures

  Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Anaïs Nin Biographies of Notable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists…

Margaret Maultasch

(Encyclopedia) Margaret MaultaschMargaret Maultaschmoulˈtäsh [key] [Ger.,=pocket mouth], 1318–69, countess of Tyrol, called the Ugly Duchess, probably because of her unattractive appearance,…

Bennett, Arnold

(Encyclopedia) Bennett, Arnold (Enoch Arnold Bennett), 1867–1931, English novelist and dramatist. One of the great 20th-century English novelists, Bennett is famous for his realistic novels about the…

Margaret I

(Encyclopedia) Margaret I, 1353–1412, queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, daughter of Waldemar IV of Denmark. She was married (1363) to King Haakon VI of Norway, son of Magnus VII of Norway and…

Brewer's: Margaret

Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, called the “Northern Semiramis” (1353, 1387-1412). Margaret. A simple, uncultured girl of wonderful witchery, seduced, at the age of fifteen, by Faust…

Truman, Margaret

author Birthplace: Independence, Mo. Born: 2/17/24 Died: 1/29/08

Margaret's Museum

Director: Mort RansenWriters: Gerald Wexler and Mort RansenDirector of Photography: Vic SarinEditor: Rita RoyProduction Designers: William Flemming and David McHenryProducers: Mort Ransen,…