of the Quakers under the Restoration. Rachel and Will ride into London with their father to take food to their imprisoned friends but are trapped when the Great Fire of London breaks out. Tim at the Fur Fort (1977); in early 19th century Canada, Tim works as an accountant for the Hudson's Bay Company in what is now British Columbia but wants to be an explorer. When disease strikes Fort Frederick, he has to prove himself by making the most dangerous journey of his life. Non-fiction Barbara Bodichon (1949), a short biography of the 19th century feminist, artist and educationalist Barbara Bodichon Coleridge and the Wordsworths (1953); Oxford Sheldonian English Series; Tennyson (1954); Oxford Sheldonian English Series; References External links (including 1 "from old catalog") 1913 births 2000 deaths English children's writers English historical novelists Carnegie Medal in Literature winners People from Beccles People educated at Headington School Alumni of St Anne's College, Oxford Oxford University Press people English women novelists 20th-century English women writers 20th-century English novelists Women historical novelists