Monica Furlong
Description
Monica Furlong was a British author and historian whose interests included medieval religion and spirituality. She wrote biographies of John Bunyan, Trappist monk Thomas Merton, and St. Thérèse of Lisieux, as well as books covering such diverse topics as the spiritual life of aboriginals, medieval women mystics, and the Church of England. Furlong began her writing career in 1956 as a feature writer for Truth magazine. She then joined The Spectator as its religious correspondent from 1958 until 1960, before moving to the Daily Mail, where she remained for the next eight years. She is best known for her trilogy of children's books set in medieval Scotland: Wise Child (1987), Juniper (a.k.a. A Year and a Day) (1990), and the posthumous Colman (2004).
Books
Colman
After Juniper and her companions find that the Cornwall, England, castle where she was raised as a princess has been destroyed, they devise a plan to use magic to oppose the evil Meroot and the Gray Knight and to restore the authority of Prince Brangwyn.
Robin's country
A mute orphan boy, with only shadowy recollections of his past, runs away from his cruel master and eventually joins Robin Hood and his followers in their forest hideaway.
Juniper
While apprenticed to the witch woman Juniper, a young girl struggles to save her family from the evil machinations of her power-hungry aunt Meroot.
Merton
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Named Person: Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968. Named Corp: Trappists -- United States -- Biography.