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== Novel summary == == 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 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 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. 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.


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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/> 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/>


The trilogy was ] as a 13-part television series in 1979, '']'' starring ] as Christina Parsons. The trilogy was ] as a 13-part television series in 1979, '']'', starring ] as Christina Parsons.


World Publishing issued a U.S. edition of the first book in 1968, retaining the Ambrus illustrations.<ref name=LCC2/> World (Cleveland and New York) also published U.S. 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. 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== ==See also==
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. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. ]. Retrieved 2012-08-03.</ref> . Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. ]. Retrieved 3 August 2012.</ref>
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. ''guardian.co.uk'' 12 March 2001. Retrieved 2012-08-03.</ref> . ''The Guardian'' 12 March 2001. Retrieved 3 August 2012.</ref>
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. ''K. M. Peyton: Author''. K. M. Peyton. Retrieved 2012-08-03.</ref> . ''K. M. Peyton: Author''. K. M. Peyton. Retrieved 3 August 2012.</ref>


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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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