Ursula Bloom is a British writer
Biography
Ursula Bloom was the daughter of the Reverend Harvey Bloom, of whom she has written a biography entitled Parson Extraordinary, and she has now written about her Great-Grandmother, Frances Graver (born 1809) who was of Gypsy (Diddicoy) breeding. Graver became known as The Rose of Norfolk, (the title of the book by Ursula Bloom). Graver became the wife of the Royal Chaplain. She had eight children. Ursula Bloom lived for a number of years in Stratford-upon-Avon which was the subject of her book Rosemary for Stratford-upon-Avon [1] She wrote her first book at the age of seven. Charles Dickens has always been a dominant influence, and she had read every book of his before she was ten years of age, and then re-read them in her teens. A popular novelist, she has now written over twenty radio plays and non-fiction titles, and over 500 other titles. She appears appears frequently on British television. Her journalistic experiences were written about in her book The Mightier Sword[2] Her hobbies include needlework, which she exhibits, and cooking.
Works
- Victorian Vinaigrette
- The Elegant Edwardian
- Youth at the Gate
- Down to the Sea in Ships
- War isn't Wonderful
- Parson Extraordinary (About Bloom's father - The Reverend Harvey Bloom) [3]
- Rosemary for Stratford-opon-Avon (Written about the town by Bloom while she was living there) [4]
- Rosemary for Frinton (Norfolk - UK)
- The Rose of Norfolk (About Bloom's Great Grandmother - Frances Graver) [5]
Footnotes
- ^ Detail from a copy of The Rose of Norfolk published by Robert Hale {London) in 1964
- ^ Facts from a copy of The Rose of Norfolk published by Robert Hale {London) in 1964
- ^ Detail taken from a copy of the The Rose of Norfolk by Ursula Bloom published by Robert Hale (London) in 1964
- ^ Detail taken from a copy of The Rose of Norfolk
- ^ Detail taken from a copy of the book published by Robert Hale (London) in 1964.
