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Magdalen King-Hall (22 July 1904 – 1 January 1971) was an English novelist, journalist and children's fiction writer. Her novel Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton was made into a film twice: The Wicked Lady (1945), starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason, and the 1983 remake, also called The Wicked Lady, starring Faye Dunaway and ...
Known as Madge to her friends, Magdalen King-Hall was small in stature. She had a kind gentle nature with a dry sense of humour. Her interests were mainly intellectual, particularly literature and history. She had a great love of Ireland and a good knowledge of its history.
First published in 1944, Magdalen King-Hall's Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton is a historical novel set in late-seventeenth-century England. It tells the story of Barbara Skelton, a well-born young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who finds escape from the tedium of her life by leading a double life as a highway robber. Rich in ...
Life and death of the wicked Lady Skelton. by. Magdalen King-Hall. Publication date. 1946-01-01. Publisher. Rinehart & Company, inc. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
Magdalen King-Hall was an English novelist, journalist and children's fiction writer. Her novel Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton was made into a film twice: The Wicked Lady (1945), starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason, and the 1983 remake, also called The Wicked Lady, starring Faye Dunaway and Alan Bates.
Magdalen King-Hall, author of The Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion, on LibraryThing
A complete list of all Magdalen King-Hall's books in order (3 books). Browse plot descriptions, book covers, genres, pseudonyms, ratings and awards.
