Literary
CRONIN
(Vincent Archibald, 1924-2011, Histocical, Cultural and Biographical Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Josephine PULLEIN-THOMPSON
(1924-2014, Writer best known for her Pony Books) thanking her and her colleagues for a loafa and Juga under the most agreeable of boughs. It was, for Chantal and me, a happy and entertaining evening. Vive PEN!..., 1 side A4, 44 Hyde Park Square, 2nd June
Item Date: 1975
Background
He is best known for his biographies of Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great and Napoleon, as well as for his books on the Renaissance. He was the son of Scottish physician and novelist A. J. Cronin.From the papers of Josephine Pullein-Thompson. She was a leading member of the Pony Club and PEN International. Her mother and two sisters, Christine and Diana also wrote.
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