Flora Thompson

Flora Thompson was born in 1876 on the Oxfordshire-Northamptonshire border. She married young and her husband's job as postmaster took them to Bournemouth. Her three autobiographical volumes brought her fame: Lark Rise (1939), Over to Candleford (1941) and Candleford Green (1943). reissued in one volume as Lark Rise to Candleford (1945). She died in May 1947.

Flora Thompson was born in 1876 on the Oxfordshire-Northamptonshire border. She married young and her husband's job as postmaster took them to Bournemouth. Her three autobiographical volumes brought her fame: Lark Rise (1939), Over to Candleford (1941) and Candleford Green (1943). reissued in one volume as Lark Rise to Candleford (1945). She died in May 1947. See less