The Wool Pack.
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Alt. Title: Nicholas and the Wool-PackPublished: 1951
Publisher: Methuen
Awards:
Carnegie Medal 1951Synopsis:
Set in the Cotswolds near Burford, Oxfordshire, The Wool-Pack begins in 1493 when Nicholas Fetterlock, the twelve-year-old son of a rich wool merchant, learns from his father that he is betrothed to Cecily Bradshaw, the daughter of a rich cloth merchant. Nicholas discovers villainy within the guild: swindlers who may ruin his father's business, at least. Nicholas, Cecily, and a friend determine to stop them.
First Edition
1951 novel by Cynthia Harnett
The Wool-Pack is a children's historical novel written and illustrated by Cynthia Harnett, published by Methuen in 1951. It was the first published of four children's novels that Harnett set in 15th-century England. She won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising it as the year's best children's book by a British subject.
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Films of The Wool Pack.
1970A Stranger on the Hills 0.0
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90mActors: Raymond Millross, Julian Sherrier, Godfrey Quigley, Thelma BarlowLanguage: EnglishGenre: DramaFormat: series
Articles for The Wool Pack.
| Date | Title | Source | Author | Other books | Paywall |
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| 2019-03-17 | The Wool-Pack by Cynthia Harnett | A Shropshire Patch | Mrs Tiggywinkle | ||
| 2016-02-04 | A first blog: Cynthia Harnett, the fascination of the everyday, and didacticism in children’s historical fiction – Looking Back | Looking Back UK | Clive Barnes | Ring Out Bow Bells | Stars of Fortune | The Great House | The Load of Unicorn | The Writing on the Hearth | |
| 1972-11-01 | ‘Stories not history’: The historical novels of Cynthia Harnett | Children's Literature in Education | Tony Edwards | Ring Out Bow Bells | Stars of Fortune | The Great House | The Load of Unicorn | The Writing on the Hearth |