H. F. M. Prescott
Hilda Frances Margaret Prescott, more usually known as H. F. M. Prescott (22 February 1896 – 5 May 1972), was an English writer, academic and historian. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her best-known work is a novel, The Man on a Donkey, set in the 16th century.
Biography
She was born in
In 1943 Hilda Prescott was appointed tutor at St Mary's College,
H.F.M. Prescott is best known for her historical novel The Man on a Donkey. Written in the form of a chronicle, the book tells the story of the
Her biography of
H.F.M. Prescott wrote one thriller, Dead and Not Buried, and this was adapted for CBS's Climax! television series under the screen title of Bury Me Later in 1954.
As the daughter of a clergyman, H.F.M. Prescott was a committed member of the Church of England and her wide-ranging interests included travel and the English countryside. H.F.M. Prescott was an early supporter of Amnesty International, the human rights organisation, and of the Consumers' Association (Which?), and a member of the English-Speaking Union. She was a woman of refined but simple tastes, and lived for many years quietly with her dogs in the small Oxfordshire town of Charlbury.
She died on 5 May 1972.[2]
Commemoration
A biography of Hilda Frances Margaret Prescott was published in the
Works
- The Unhurrying Chase (1925). Published by Constable & Co
- The Lost Fight (1928). Published by Constable & Co
- Son of Dust (1932). Published by Constable & Co
- Dead and Not Buried (1938)
- Spanish Tudor (1940). Published by Constable & Co
- The Man on a Donkey (1952). Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Jerusalem Journey (1954). Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode
- Once to Sinai: The further pilgrimage of Friar Felix Fabri (1957). Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode
Translation
- Flamenca (1930). Published by Constable & Co (Attributed to Bernardet the Troubadour. Translated from the Thirteenth-Century Provençal by H F M Prescott)
References
- ^ "Mary I". Encyclopædia Britannica.
H.F.M. Prescott, Mary Tudor, rev. ed. (1952, reprinted 2003; originally published as Spanish Tudor, 1940), is considered the best biography.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
