| 词条 | H. F. M. Prescott |
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Hilda Frances Margaret Prescott, more usually known as H. F. M. Prescott (22 February 1896 – 1972), was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, author, academic, and historian. BiographyShe was born in Cheshire, the daughter of Rev James Mulleneux Prescott and his wife Margaret (née Warburton). She was educated at Wallasey High School. She read Modern History at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, where she received her first M.A.. Subsequently, she was awarded a second M.A. at Manchester University, where she did research under the direction of Thomas Frederick Tout, professor of Medieval and Modern History. She was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by the University of Durham. In 1958 she was elected Jubilee Research Fellow at Royal Holloway College in the University of London, where she worked on Thomas Wolsey. H F M Prescott is best known however for her historical novel The Man on a Donkey. Written in the form of a chronicle, the book tells the story of the Pilgrimage of Grace, a popular rising in protest at the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII. The book is still in print, the latest edition being published in December 2016 by Apollo, London, {{ISBN|9781784977719}}. Her biography of Mary I of England, Mary Tudor (originally titled Spanish Tudor), which won the James Tait Black Prize in 1941 remains one of the leading works on Mary I's troubled life and reign and is named by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the best biography of the monarch.[1] H.F.M. Prescott wrote only 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 a deep love of the English countryside. H.F.M. Prescott was an early supporter of Amnesty (Amnesty International), the human rights organisation, of Consumers' Association (Which?), and an enthusiastic 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 in 1972. Works
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References1. ^{{Cite encyclopaedia|work= Encyclopædia Britannica|quote=H.F.M. Prescott, Mary Tudor, rev. ed. (1952, reprinted 2003; originally published as Spanish Tudor, 1940), is considered the best biography.|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-I|title=Mary I}} {{Authority control}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Prescott, H F M}} 13 : English academics|English Anglicans|Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature|Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London|Alumni of the University of Manchester|Alumni of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford|1896 births|1972 deaths|James Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients|20th-century English novelists|20th-century English historians|English historical novelists|Writers of historical novels set in Early Modern period |
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