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Winifred Fortescue

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Winifred Fortescue


Born
in Great Bealings, Suffolk, The United Kingdom
February 07, 1888

Died
April 09, 1951

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Lady Winifred Fortescue was a writer and actress. She was also the wife of Sir John Fortescue, the Librarian and Archivist at Windsor Castle and British Army historian.

In the 1930s she and her husband moved to Provence, France beginning her book writing career with "Perfume from Provence". She wrote a number of other books whilst there. Her husband died within 2 years of them moving to France but she stayed on until forced to move out by the German invasion in World War II. She returned at the end of the war and died in Opio, Provence.
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Average rating: 3.92 · 168 ratings · 28 reviews · 15 distinct worksSimilar authors
Sunset House: More Perfume ...

4.02 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1937 — 12 editions
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There's Rosemary, There's Rue

4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1939 — 12 editions
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Laughter in Provence

3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions
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Beauty For Ashes

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Perfume from Provence

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Return to "Sunset House"

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ウィンザー城の恋人たち

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プロヴァンスの青い空と海

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プロヴァンスの小さな家―サンセット・ハウス物語

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Sunset house;: More perfume...

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