Flambards
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This article is about the novel. For the television series based on the books, see Flambards (TV series). For the theme park, see The Flambards Experience.
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.
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Author | K. M. Peyton |
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Illustrator | Victor Ambrus |
Cover artist | Victor Ambrus |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's novel, pony book |
Publisher | Oxford University Press (UK) World Publishing Co. (US) |
Publication date | September 1967 |
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 |
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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.