Hilda Vaughan
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Hilda Campbell Vaughan was a Welsh
poet, novelist and short story writer.
She was born in Builth Wells
, the daughter of a solicitor. In 1923 she married the novelist Charles Langbridge Morgan
, and they had two children. Their daughter, Shirley Paget, is the present Marchioness of Anglesey.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
poet, novelist and short story writer.
She was born in Builth Wells
Builth Wells
Builth Wells is a town in the county of Powys, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire, mid Wales, lying at the confluence of the River Wye and the River Irfon, in the Welsh of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,352....
, the daughter of a solicitor. In 1923 she married the novelist Charles Langbridge Morgan
Charles Langbridge Morgan
Charles Langbridge Morgan , was an English-born playwright and novelist of English and Welsh parentage. The main themes of his work were, as he himself put it, "Art, Love, and Death", and the relation between them...
, and they had two children. Their daughter, Shirley Paget, is the present Marchioness of Anglesey.
Works
- The Battle to the Weak (1925, reissued 1936)
- Here are Lovers (1926)
- The Invader: a tale of adventure and passion (1928)
- Her Father's House (1930)
- The Soldier and the Gentlewoman (1932, French translation 1946)
- The Curtain Rises (1935)
- Harvest Home (1936)
- She Too Was Young (play, 1938)
- The Fair Woman (1942)
- Pardon and Peace (1943) Published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York
- Iron and Gold (1948, new edition 2002)
- A Thing of Nought (1934, revised 1948)
- The Candle and the Light (1954)