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D.K. Broster


Born
in Garston, Liverpool, England, The United Kingdom
September 02, 1877

Died
February 07, 1950

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction


Dorothy Kathleen Broster (1877 - 1950) produced 15 popular historical novels between 1911 and 1947.

The Yellow Poppy (1920) about the adventures of an aristocratic couple during the French Revolution, was later adapted by Broster and W. Edward Stirling for the London stage in 1922. She produced her bestseller Scottish historical novel, The Flight of the Heron, in 1925. Broster stated she had consulted eighty reference books before beginning the novel. She followed it up with two successful sequels, The Gleam in the North and The Dark Mile. She wrote several other historical novels, successful and much reprinted in their day, although this Jacobite trilogy (inspired by a five-week visit to friends in Scotland), featuring the dashing hero Ewen ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 1,551 ratings · 245 reviews · 65 distinct works • Similar authors
The Flight of the Heron
4.16 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 1925 — 62 editions
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The Jacobite Trilogy: Fligh...
4.19 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1984 — 19 editions
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Couching at the Door
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3.53 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions
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The Gleam in the North
4.04 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1927 — 44 editions
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Dark Mile
4.06 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1929 — 27 editions
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From the Abyss: Weird Ficti...
3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — 3 editions
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Mr. Rowl
4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1924 — 28 editions
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The Wounded Name
4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1922 — 34 editions
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The Yellow Poppy
3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1920 — 33 editions
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Sir Isumbras at the Ford
3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1918 — 33 editions
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Series by D.K. Broster

The Flight of the Heron The Gleam in the North Dark Mile
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