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Eleanor Burford


Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
September 01, 1906

Died
January 18, 1993

Genre
Contemporary, Romance, Mystery


Eleanor Alice Burford was born on September 01, 1906 in Kensington, London. Her father, Joseph Burford, was something of an odd-job man, with no steady profession, but he quickly passed on his great love of books to his young daughter. She was an avid reader from the age of four onwards. In her early twenties, she married a leather merchant, George Percival Hibbert, who shared her love of books and reading.

Eleanor Burford was one of the preeminent English authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century. She used eight pennames during her career and many of her readers under one penname never suspected her other identities. In 1941, she began signing her novels with her maiden name: Eleanor Burford, later she created her firs ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 23 ratings · 3 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors
Alexa
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1948
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Begin to Live
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1956
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Passionate Witness
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1941
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Now That April's Gone
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1961 — 2 editions
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Night of Stars
it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1960
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Daughter of Anna
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1941
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The Married Lover
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So the Dreams Depart
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Not in Our Stars
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Dear Chance
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“Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.”
― Eleanor Burford
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“I love my work so much that nothing would stop me writing. I never think of the money I'm making. When I finish one book I start on the next. If I take even a week's break I just feel miserable. It's like a drug.”
― Eleanor Burford
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“If anybody says to me 'you look tired,' it's because I haven't been able to get at my typewriter. Writing excites me. I live all my characters and never have any trouble thinking of plots of how people would have said something because I'm them when I'm writing.”
― Eleanor Burford
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