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Moyra Caldecott


Born
in Pretoria, South Africa
January 01, 1927

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Started academic career by obtaining degrees in English Literature and Philosophy.

* Briefly lectured in English Literature at university level.

* Raised three children and had a most interesting and stimulating life as the wife of Oliver Caldecott in London from 1951 to 1989. (Oliver was an editor at Penguin, Readers Union, and Hutchinson and founded his own publishing firm Wildwood House with his partner Dieter Pevsner. His last editorial post was at Rider, for Century Hutchinson. He was also a very good artist.)

* Took evening classes in palaeontology (geology always a favourite subject), religious studies and mythology.

* Was secretary of the Dulwich Group in the ’sixties, a most successful poetry reading group. Read a lot. Wrote books. M ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 1,034 ratings · 74 reviews · 60 distinct works • Similar authors
Guardians of the Tall Stone...
3.90 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1977 — 18 editions
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The Temple of the Sun
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Shadow on the Stones
4.01 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1978 — 12 editions
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Hatshepsut: Daughter of Amu...
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Myths of the Sacred Tree
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Tutankhamun and the Daughte...
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The Silver Vortex
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Akhenaten: Son of the Sun (...
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The Tall Stones
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Guardians of the Tall Stone...
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Guardians of the Tall Stone... The Temple of the Sun Shadow on the Stones The Silver Vortex
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