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| name = Flambards | name = Flambards
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| translator = | translator =
| image = ]<!--prefer 1st edition--> | image = File:Flambards.jpg
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|image_caption = First US edition cover |caption = First edition (UK
| author = ] | author = ]
| cover_artist = Illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus | cover_artist = ]
| illustrator = Victor Ambrus <!-- my reading of cover image -->
| country = ]
| language = ] | country = United Kingdom
| series = | language = English
| genre = ] | genre = ], ]
| publisher = ] (UK) & ] (USA) | publisher = ] (UK)<br>] (US)
| release_date = September 1967 | pub_date = September 1967
| media_type = Print (] & ]) | media_type = Print (hardback and paperback)
| pages = 193 pp (UK hardback first edition) & 206 pp (US hardback edition) | pages = 193 (first edition) <!-- WorldCat --><!-- 206 pp (first US ed.) -->
| isbn = ISBN 0-19-271278-0 (UK hardback first edition) | isbn = 0-19-271278-0
| isbn_note = (1987) <!-- oclc=15590093 which also says "Originally published: 1967."; "For adolescents."; "illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus." -->
| oclc = 465030
| congress = PZ7.P4483 Fl<ref name=LCC1>
(first edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 3 August 2012.</ref><ref name=LCC2>
(first U.S. edition). LCC record. Retrieved 3 August 2012.</ref>
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'''''Flambards''''' is a novel for children or ] by ], first published by ] in 1967 with illustrations by ]. Alternatively, "Flambards" is the trilogy (1967–1969) or series (1967–1981) named after its first book. The series is set in England just before, during, and after ].
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'''''Flambards''''' is a ] by the ] author ].


The book and its three sequels are set just before, during, and after ]. The first book, originally published in 1967, tells how the teenage heroine, orphaned heiress Christina Parsons, comes to live at Flambards, the impoverished Essex estate owned by her crippled and tyrannical uncle, William Russell, and his two sons, Mark and Will. She falls in love with one of her cousins and, later, with the family's former stable-lad. Its original sequels were '']'' and '']'' (both 1969); '']'' (1981) controversially reversed the ending of the original trilogy. The novel ''Flambards'' (book one) features a teenage orphan and heiress Christina Parsons, who comes to live at Flambards, the impoverished ] ] owned by her crippled and tyrannical uncle, William Russell, and his two sons, Mark and Will.


==Plot== == Novel summary ==
⚫ Christina Parsons, who has been shunted around the family since she was orphaned at five years old in 1901, is sent to live at Flambards with her mother's half-brother, the crippled Russell. Her Aunt Grace speculates that Russell plans for Christina to marry his son Mark in order to restore Flambards to its former glory using the money that she will inherit on her twenty-first birthday. Mark is as brutish as his father, with a great love for hunting, whereas the younger son William is terrified of horses and aspires to be an aviator. Christina soon finds friendship with an injured William, who challenges her ideas on class boundaries, as well as a love for horses and hunting. William and Christina eventually fall in love and elope at the end of the first book.
'The Edge of the Cloud', the second novel in the series, continues directly from the end of the first book and follows William and Christina's relationship and his aviation, with a back-drop of upcoming war, suffragettes and the death of Mr Dermot and Sandy (William's friends). The book culminates in William and Christina's marriage, with the knowledge that he will join the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) three days after the end of their honeymoon.
A widowed Christina gives birth to William's daughter Isobel in 'Flambards in Summer', and falls in love with Dick (the former stable-lad), who has returned to Flambards to manage the farm. In 'Flambards Divided', Christina and Dick find soon after their marriage that they want different things in life. He falls in love with Clara, Isobel's nursemaid, and Christina falls in love with Mark who has been changed in the war. Although she states "No-one will ever be the same as William", she ends 'Flambards Divided' happily, with the knowledge that she and Mark will marry as soon as laws are changed so that a man can marry his brother's widow.


⚫ Christina Parsons, who has been shunted around the family since she was orphaned at the age of five years in 1901, is sent to live at Flambards with her mother's half-brother, the crippled Russell. Her Aunt Grace speculates that Russell plans for Christina to marry his son Mark to restore Flambards to its former glory using the money that she will inherit on her twenty-first birthday. Mark is as brutish as his father, with a great love for hunting, whereas the younger son William is terrified of horses after a hunting accident and aspires to be an aviator. Christina soon finds friendship with the injured William, who challenges her ideas on class boundaries, as well as her love for horses and hunting. William and Christina eventually fall in love and run away from the hunt ball to London, hoping to marry.
==TV adaptation==
A popular British television series (made in 1978 but not shown until 1979) was based on the first three novels in the series - ''Flambards Divided'' had not been written at this stage. Called simply ''Flambards'', the programme starred ] and ]. Thirteen 50-minute episodes (an hour long including commercials) were made by ] for ], adapted by ], ] and ].


==Series==
The music soundtrack was written by ]; the "Song of Christina", for which many best remember the series, was sung by Nick Curtis. The music also featured the ] with its distinctive, haunting electronic sound. An LP of the theme and incidental music (featuring the David Fanshawe Ensemble conducted by ]) was released by ], but never enjoyed a commercial CD release. It can now be bought directly from the composer.<ref> CD - FLAMBARDS - Music Highlights</ref>


The fourth book controversially reversed the ending of the original trilogy, twelve years later and following the television series.
===Video and DVD releases===
The series initially appeared on PAL ] in 1994, released by the now defunct ] label, and then received a further ] release in 1999 by ], which had taken over YTV in 1997. This was superseded by a region 2 ] released by Granada subsidiary VCI in January 2004. This DVD was deleted in 2005, but the series was again released on DVD by Network on July 31, 2006, with a limited edition including a CD of the music from the series also being made available.


* ''Flambards'' (Oxford, 1967)
In the ], the series was released on region 1 DVD in June 2001.
* '']'' (Oxford, 1969)
* '']'' (Oxford, 1969)
* '']'' (1981)


For ''The Edge of the Cloud'', Peyton won the annual ] from the ], recognising the year's best children's book by a ].<ref name=medal1969/> She was a commended runner-up for both the first and third books, the latter in competition with her Medal-winning work.<ref name=ccsu/><ref group=lower-alpha name=HC/>
Episodes of ''Flambards'' were among those used to make the ] comedy series '']'' in 2004.


She also won the 1970 ], conferred by ''The Guardian'' newspaper and judged by a panel of British children's writers.<ref name=relaunch/> Ordinarily the prize recognises one fiction book published during the preceding calendar year; exceptionally Peyton won for the Flambards trilogy completed in 1969.<ref name=peyton/><ref group=lower-alpha name=GCFP/>
===Reruns===

The series has also been repeated in the UK on archive channels such as Hallmark and ] (then known as UK Drama). It appeared on ] stations in the ] in 1979, and on the US channel ] in the early 1990s.
The trilogy was ] as a 13-part television series in 1979, '']'', starring ] as Christina Parsons.

World Publishing issued a US edition of the first book in 1968, retaining the Ambrus illustrations.<ref name=LCC2/> World (Cleveland and New York) also published US editions of the second and third books in 1969 and 1970, also with the original illustrations, although all three novels were reset with a greater page-counts.

==See also==
{{Portal bar |Children's literature |Horses }} <!-- delete "bar" when there are about two ordinary See also -->

==Notes==
{{reflist |group=lower-alpha |refs=
<ref group=lower-alpha name=HC>
Since 1995 there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist.
According to CCSU some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1955) or Highly Commended (from 1966). There were about 160 commendations of both kinds in 48 years, including four for 1967 (one highly commended) and three for 1969.</ref>

<ref group=lower-alpha name=GCFP>
The Guardian Prize is once-in-a-lifetime; previous winners are ineligible. ] not quite including Peyton have won the Carnegie Medal for their Guardian Prize-winning books.</ref>
}}


==References== ==References==
{{reflist}} {{reflist |refs=
<ref name=medal1969>
. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. ]. Retrieved 3 August 2012.</ref>
<ref name=ccsu>
. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. ] ('''CCSU'''). Retrieved 3 August 2012.</ref>

<ref name=relaunch>
. ''The Guardian'' 12 March 2001. Retrieved 3 August 2012.</ref>
<ref name=peyton>
. ''K. M. Peyton: Author''. K. M. Peyton. Retrieved 3 August 2012.</ref>

}}


==External links== ==External links==
* {{worldcat |oclc=301848 }} —immediately, first US edition
* {{imdb title|id=0077010|title=Flambards}} * {{IMDb title|qid=Q5457099|title=Flambards}}
⚫ * - a ''Flambards'' forum
* - a ''Flambards'' fan page *
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Latest revision as of 19:22, 2 November 2024

1967 novel This article is about the novel. For the television series based on the books, see Flambards (TV series). For the theme park, see The Flambards Experience.

Flambards
First edition (UK
AuthorK. M. Peyton
IllustratorVictor Ambrus
Cover artistVictor Ambrus
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's novel, pony book
PublisherOxford University Press (UK)
World Publishing Co. (US)
Publication dateSeptember 1967
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
Pages193 (first edition)
ISBN0-19-271278-0 (1987)
OCLC465030
LC ClassPZ7.P4483 Fl
Followed byThe Edge of the Cloud 

Flambards is a novel for children or young adults by K. M. Peyton, first published by Oxford University Press in 1967 with illustrations by Victor Ambrus. Alternatively, "Flambards" is the trilogy (1967–1969) or series (1967–1981) named after its first book. The series is set in England just before, during, and after World War I.

The novel Flambards (book one) features a teenage orphan and heiress Christina Parsons, who comes to live at Flambards, the impoverished Essex estate owned by her crippled and tyrannical uncle, William Russell, and his two sons, Mark and Will.

Novel summary

Christina Parsons, who has been shunted around the family since she was orphaned at the age of five years in 1901, is sent to live at Flambards with her mother's half-brother, the crippled Russell. Her Aunt Grace speculates that Russell plans for Christina to marry his son Mark to restore Flambards to its former glory using the money that she will inherit on her twenty-first birthday. Mark is as brutish as his father, with a great love for hunting, whereas the younger son William is terrified of horses after a hunting accident and aspires to be an aviator. Christina soon finds friendship with the injured William, who challenges her ideas on class boundaries, as well as her love for horses and hunting. William and Christina eventually fall in love and run away from the hunt ball to London, hoping to marry.

Series

The fourth book controversially reversed the ending of the original trilogy, twelve years later and following the television series.

For The Edge of the Cloud, Peyton won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. She was a commended runner-up for both the first and third books, the latter in competition with her Medal-winning work.

She also won the 1970 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, conferred by The Guardian newspaper and judged by a panel of British children's writers. Ordinarily the prize recognises one fiction book published during the preceding calendar year; exceptionally Peyton won for the Flambards trilogy completed in 1969.

The trilogy was adapted as a 13-part television series in 1979, Flambards, starring Christine McKenna as Christina Parsons.

World Publishing issued a US edition of the first book in 1968, retaining the Ambrus illustrations. World (Cleveland and New York) also published US editions of the second and third books in 1969 and 1970, also with the original illustrations, although all three novels were reset with a greater page-counts.

See also

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Notes

  1. Since 1995 there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. According to CCSU some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1955) or Highly Commended (from 1966). There were about 160 commendations of both kinds in 48 years, including four for 1967 (one highly commended) and three for 1969.
  2. The Guardian Prize is once-in-a-lifetime; previous winners are ineligible. Six authors not quite including Peyton have won the Carnegie Medal for their Guardian Prize-winning books.

References

  1. "Flambards" (first edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Flambards" (first U.S. edition). LCC record. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  3. (Carnegie Winner 1969). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  4. "Carnegie Medal Award". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  5. "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners". The Guardian 12 March 2001. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  6. "Awards". K. M. Peyton: Author. K. M. Peyton. Retrieved 3 August 2012.

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