Author: Chitty, Susan.
Title: Anna Sewell: The Woman Who Wrote Black Beauty.
Description: Gloucestershire Tempus Publishing, 2007. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, small mark top edge, minor edgewear. 287 pp. Susan Chitty documents Anna Sewell's strict Quaker upbringing and typically Victorian relationship with her dominating mother. She wrote the children's novel "Black Beauty" in her fifties on her deathbed, and sold it outright for GBP20. She did not live to know its success. This biography chronicles her tragic life from the tragic accident that left her lame at the age of 14. All lovers of Black Beauty, and horses generally, will enjoy this book about one of the best known and loved authors. ISBN: 9780752442822

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