Penelope Mortimer

Also known as

Penelope 1918-1999 MortimerMortimer, Penelope

Penelope Ruth Mortimer (née Fletcher) was a Welsh-born English journalist, biographer, and novelist. Her semi-autobiographical novel The Pumpkin Eater (1962) was made into a 1964 film of the same name.

Born 1918-09-19

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL342711A
ISNI0000000121412387
WikidataQ3740753
VIAF79400741
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Top Subjects

Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography (3)
Great Britain (3)
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900- (3)
Second World War, 1939-1945 (2)
Biography: general (2)
Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 - (2)
English (2)

Books by Penelope Mortimer

Total count: 20

A villa in summer1st American ed.

Harcourt, Brace and Co.1954-01-01
The bright prison.

M. Joseph1956-01-01
Daddy's gone a-hunting

Severn House1958-01-01
Cave of ice.[1st American ed.]

Harcourt, Brace1959-01-01
Saturday lunch with the Brownings

Hutchinson1960-01-01
The pumpkin eater

Hutchinson1962-01-01
My friend says it's bullet-proof

Hutchinson1967-01-01
The home.

Hutchinson1971-01-01
Long distance.[1st ed. in the U.S.]

Doubleday1974-01-01
A villa in summer

Severn House : [Distributed by Hutchinson]1976-01-01
About timean aspect of autobiography1st ed. in the U.S.A.

Doubleday1979-01-01
The Handyman

Allan Lane/Penquin1983-01-01
The handyman

Penguin1984-01-01
Queen Elizabeth, a portrait of the Queen Mother1st U.S. ed.

St. Martin's Press1986-01-01
Queen Elizabeth, a life of the Queen Mother

Viking1986-01-01
About Time Too

Weidenfeld & Nicolson1993-10-14
Striking the BalanceA History of the Oppenheim BankNew Ed edition

Trafalgar Square Publishing1994-04-01
Queen Motheran alternative portrait of her life and timesRev. ed.

Andre Deutsch1995-01-01
Humphrey's Mother

Howes Limited, W. F.2014-01-01
Cave of Ice

Creative Media Partners, LLC2021-01-01