Hester Burton
Hardcover | Pages: 221 pages Rating: 3.81 | 16 Users | 3 Reviews
Details About Books Beyond the Weir Bridge
| Title | : | Beyond the Weir Bridge |
| Author | : | Hester Burton |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 221 pages |
| Published | : | September 28th 1970 by Thomas Y. Crowell Company (first published 1969) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Childrens. European Literature. British Literature |
Chronicle Supposing Books Beyond the Weir Bridge
Hester Burton was writing during a period generally recognised as being a golden era for children's authors in the UK; others include Rosemary Sutcliffe, Henry Treece, Leon Garfield, Alan Garner, Susan Cooper and Barbara Leonie Picard.Like Geoffrey Trease, she was interested in a more radical and social perspective of the past than many of her contemporaries; subject matters for her other works include the slave trade, agrarian unrest in the 1830s, the French Revolution etc. This may be why she is now less well known but this perspective never feels forced and her books work simply as stories, which is the ultimate test.
Published in the US as 'Beyond the Weir Bridge,' the story follows three friends as they grow up in the political and religious turmoil following the end of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in 1651, including the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, the 1665 Plague of London and the 1666 Fire of London. In common with other novels by Hester Burton, it is a balanced view of the differing social and political issues current in the period.
Having read a number of her novels, 'Thomas' and 'No Beat of Drum' are probably the best balanced and developed. Worth a look.
List Books To Beyond the Weir Bridge
| Original Title: | Thomas |
| ISBN: | 0690140525 (ISBN13: 9780690140521) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nominee for Fiction (1971) |
Rating About Books Beyond the Weir Bridge
Ratings: 3.81 From 16 Users | 3 ReviewsArticle About Books Beyond the Weir Bridge
Hester Burton was writing during a period generally recognised as being a golden era for children's authors in the UK; others include Rosemary Sutcliffe, Henry Treece, Leon Garfield, Alan Garner, Susan Cooper and Barbara Leonie Picard.Like Geoffrey Trease, she was interested in a more radical and social perspective of the past than many of her contemporaries; subject matters for her other works include the slave trade, agrarian unrest in the 1830s, the French Revolution etc. This may be why sheHester Wood-Hill was born on the 6th December, 1913 at Beccles in Suffolk.. She attended Headington School Oxford between 1925 and 1931 and then Oxford University between 1932 and 1936 when she received a honours degree in English. In 1937 she married Reginad W.B. Burton and had three daughters. For a while she was a part-time grammar school teacher and the Assistant Editor of the Oxford Junior
A very movingly written book looking at the story of Thomas and his friends
Sadly, I found this to be rather boring and predictable.
Hester Burton was writing during a period generally recognised as being a golden era for children's authors in the UK; others include Rosemary Sutcliffe, Henry Treece, Leon Garfield, Alan Garner, Susan Cooper and Barbara Leonie Picard.Like Geoffrey Trease, she was interested in a more radical and social perspective of the past than many of her contemporaries; subject matters for her other works include the slave trade, agrarian unrest in the 1830s, the French Revolution etc. This may be why she
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