Charlotte Bingham

The Hon. Charlotte Bingham (born 29 June 1942) is an English novelist who has written over 30 mainly historical romance novels and has also written for many television programmes including Upstairs, Downstairs; Play for Today; and Robin's Nest. In her television work, she often worked with her husband, Terence Brady.

Biography

Early life

The Honourable Charlotte Mary Thérèse Bingham was born on 29 June 1942 in Haywards Heath, Sussex.^[1] Her father, John Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris, wrote detective stories and was a secret member of MI5. Her mother, Madeleine Bingham, née Madeleine Mary Ebel, was a playwright and biographer. Bingham first attended a school in London, but from the age of seven to 16, she went to the Priory of Our Lady's Good Counsel school in Haywards Heath.^[1] After she left school, Bingham went to stay in Paris with some French aristocrats with the intention of learning French. She had written since she was 10 years old and her first piece of work was a thriller called Death's Ticket.^[1] Bingham wrote her humorous autobiography, called Coronet Among the Weeds, when she was 19, and not long before her twentieth birthday a literary agent discovered her celebrating at the Ritz. He was a friend of her parents and he took off the finished manuscript of her autobiography.^[1] In 1963, this was published by Heinemann and was a best seller.^[1]

TV work

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Non fiction

• Coronet Among the Weeds (1963)
• Coronet Among the Grass (1972)
• MI5 And Me (2018)
• Spies and Stars: MI5, Showbusiness and Me (2019)

Novels

• Lucinda (1966)
• The Business (1989)
• In Sunshine or in Shadow (1991)
• Stardust (1992)
• Nanny (1993)
• Change of Heart (1994)
• Grand Affair (1997)
• Love Song (1998)
• The Kissing Garden (1999)
• Country Wedding (1999)
• The Blue Note (2000)
• The Love Knot (2000)
• Summertime (2001)
• Distant Music (2002)
• The Magic Hour (2005)
• Friday's Girl (2005)
• Out of the Blue (2006)
• In Distant Fields (2006)
• The White Marriage (2007)
• Goodnight Sweetheart (2007)
• The Enchanted (2008)
• The Land of Summer (2008)
• The Daisy Club (2009)

Love Quartet

1. Belgravia (1983)
2. Country Life (1985)
3. At Home (1986)
4. By Invitation (1993)

Nightingale Saga

1. To Hear a Nightingale (1988)
2. The Nightingale Sings (1996)

Debutantes Saga

1. Debutantes (1995)
2. The Season (2001)

The Bexham Trilogy

1. The Chestnut Tree (2002)
2. The Wind Off the Sea (2003)
3. The Moon at Midnight (2003)

Eden Saga

1. Daughters of Eden (2004)
2. The House of Flowers (2004)

Mums on the Run Series

1. Mums on the Run (2010)
2. A Dip Before Breakfast (2012)

With Terence Brady

Victoria Series

1. Victoria (1972)
2. Victoria and Company (1974)

Honestly Series

1. No, Honestly (1974)
2. Yes, Honestly (1977)

Upstairs, Downstairs Series

1. Rose's Story (1972)

References and sources

External links

• Charlotte Bingham at
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