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Backstage with Peggy
- GenresSchool Stories
200 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1950
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About the author
Doris A. Pocock
42 booksBorn in Highgate, North London, in 1890, prolific English children's author Doris Alice Pocock was the daughter of solicitor Noël Pocock, and his wife Alice Topham, herself the daughter of painter F.W. Topham. Educated at home, she had a somewhat sheltered childhood. After the death of her father in 1907, Pocock and her mother moved to Bexhill, Sussex, where she pursued her interest in painting, playing the piano, and writing. She obtained her ATCL (a music diploma) from Trinity College in 1912, and published her first book in 1919.
Pocock lived in Hastings in the early 1930s, moving to Chelsea in 1937, after the death of her mother. She served briefly in the Women's Land Army during WWII, and then worked in an armed forces canteen. She lived in Cheltenham until 1970, eventually retiring to a home for women, where she died in 1974.
Pocock lived in Hastings in the early 1930s, moving to Chelsea in 1937, after the death of her mother. She served briefly in the Women's Land Army during WWII, and then worked in an armed forces canteen. She lived in Cheltenham until 1970, eventually retiring to a home for women, where she died in 1974.
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July 21, 2013
A fairly predictable school story with self sacrificing heroine who learns her lesson well and is rewarded, however heroine is very likeable, so 3 stars.
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