Author | K. M. Peyton |
---|---|
Illustrator | Victor Ambrus |
Cover artist | Victor Ambrus |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's novel, pony book |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (UK) World Publishing Co. (US) |
Publication date | September 1967 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
Pages | 193 (first edition) |
ISBN | 0-19-271278-0 (1987) |
OCLC | 465030 |
LC Class | PZ7.P4483 Fl[1][2] |
Followed by | The Edge of the Cloud |
Flambards is a novel for children or young adults by K. M. Peyton, first published by Oxford University Press in 1967 with illustrations by Victor Ambrus. Alternatively, "Flambards" is the trilogy (1967–1969) or series (1967–1981) named after its first book. The series is set in England just before, during, and after World War I.
The novel Flambards (book one) features a teenage orphan and heiress Christina Parsons, who comes to live at Flambards, the impoverished Essex estate owned by her crippled and tyrannical uncle, William Russell, and his two sons, Mark and Will.