Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (born August 13, 1948 in London - Shepherd's Bush ) is a British writer who became known for historical and detective novels . She also uses the stage names Elizabeth Bennett and Emma Woodhouse. The Fiction Database counted a total of 73 novel publications in 2012.

Life

Harrod-Eagles grew up in Shepherd's Bush in the northwest of the British capital. She attended Burlington School and later studied English literature, history and philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and University College London . After graduating, she worked as a marketing employee for the Coca-Cola group in Edinburgh and as a company pension specialist at the BBC in London. She wrote her first stories and novels in the evenings and on weekends.

The success of her Morland Dynasty series gave her the opportunity to dedicate herself to writing full-time from 1979. In addition to the historical novels, which encompass all of modern English history, she also wrote a series of 14 detective novels about the pensive detective inspector of the London Metropolitan Police, Bill Slider . Your Kirov Saga is a trilogy set in 19th century Russia. The Kirkus Review ascribed the first novel Anna to be action-packed, well researched and stylish.

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles lives in London with her husband. They have three grown children together. According to the blurb of her novels, she has a keen interest in classical music - up to now she has played in several amateur orchestras as a hobby -, horses, wine, architecture and hiking.

Harrod-Eagles has lived in London and Middlesex with her husband for several years . They have two daughters and one son.

Awards (selection)

• 1972: Young Writers' Award for The Waiting Game
• 1993: RNA Novel of the Year Award for Emily , the third part of her Kirov saga

Works

Kirov trilogy

• Anna (1803 until Napoleon's invasion of Russia) - nominated for the "RNA Novel of the Year Award" 1991
• Fleur (1851 until the Crimean War ) - German: Fleur - a Russian love Translated from the English by Heidi Lichtblau and Johannes Schwab, Knaur Taschenbuch, Munich 2005, 621 pp.
• Emily (1910 until World War I and Russian Revolution ).

Bill Slider crime novels

• Orchestrated Death (1991)
• Death Watch (1992)
• Necrochip (1993)
• Dead End (1994)
• Blood Lines (1996)
• Killing Time (1996)
• Shallow Grave (1998)
• Blood Sinister (1999; German: lies, damned lies , German TV, Munich 2007)
• Gone Tomorrow (2001; German: The Dead on the Swing , German TV, Munich 2008)
• Dear Departed (2004; German: Murder in the Park , German TV, Munich 2009)
• Game Over (2008)
• Fell Purpose (2009)
• Body Line (2010)
• Kill My Darling (2011)
• Blood Never Dies (2012)
• Hard Going (2013)
• Star Fall (2014)

Morland Dynasty series

The basic idea of ​​this series is the presentation of British history from the late Middle Ages to the Second World War using fictional people against a real historical background. A total of 34 volumes are planned. At first it was designed for a twelve-volume series.

• 1980: The Founding (1434-1500)
• 1981: The Dark Rose (1501–1557)
• 1981: The Princeling (1558-1629)
• 1982: The Oak Apple (1630-1658)
• 1982: The Black Pearl (1659-1669)
• 1983: The Long Shadow (1670-1688)
• 1984: The Chevalier (1689-1719)
• 1985: The Maiden (1720-1771)
• 1986: The Flood-Tide (1772–1787)
• 1987: The Tangled Thread (1788-1794)
• 1988: The Emperor (1795-1802)
• 1989: The Victory (1803-1806)
• 1990: The Regency (1807-1814)
• 1990: The Campaigners (1815-1816)
• 1991: The Reckoning (1816-1820)
• 1993: The Devil's Horse (1820-1831)
• 1994: The Poison Tree (1831-1833)
• 1995: The Abyss (1833-1843)
• 1996: The Hidden Shore (1843-1851)
• 1997: The Winter Journey (1851-1857)
• 1998: The Outcast (1857-1870)
• 1999: The Mirage (1870–1874)
• 2000: The Cause (1874-1885)
• 2001: The Homecoming (1885–1898)
• 2002: The Question (1898-1900)
• 2003: The Dream Kingdom (1900-1912)
• 2006: The Restless Sea (1912-1914)
• 2006: The White Road (1914-1915)
• 2006: The Burning Roses (1915-1916)
• 2009: The Measure of Days (1916-1917)
• 2009: The Foreign Field (1917-1918)

• Victoria: My life . Weltbild, 2002 ISBN 9783828970755

Web links

• www.cynthiaharrodeagles.com Cynthia Harrod-Eagle's web presence
• - Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) Awards
• - History Matters, National Trust

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} short biography on krimi-couch.de
2. ↑ Cynthia Harrod-Eagles Book List - FictionDB
3. ↑ Review by Anna on kircusreviews from May 20, 2010
4. ↑ Author information on the website of your publisher
5. ↑ Author details at Knaur-Verlag  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Review on circus reviews from May 20, 2010
7. ↑ Review by Eva Bergschneider, March 2008
8. ↑ Murder in the Park Review ( Memento from December 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )