Bel ria by sheila burnford biography

bel ria by sheila burnford biography

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    Sheila Philip Cochrane Burnford née Every (– 20 April ) was a Scottish writer.

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  • Follows the wanderings of a little performing dog in France, England, and at sea during World War II. pages, Hardcover.

    • Sheila Burnford

    Scottish writer (1916–1984)

    Sheila Burnford

    Born(1916-05-11)11 May 1916
    Edinburgh, Scotland
    Died20 April 1984(1984-04-20) (aged 67)
    Hampshire, England
    OccupationWriter
    NationalityScottish
    EducationSt. George's School, Edinburgh & Harrogate Ladies College
    SpouseDavid Burnford (m. 1941)
    Children3

    Sheila Philip Cochrane Burnford née Every (11 May 1916 – 20 April 1984) was a Scottish writer. She is best known for her novel The Incredible Journey about two dogs and a cat traveling through the Canadian wilderness.

    Life and work

    Burnford was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and lived in Ayrshire during her teenage years.[1] She attended St. George's School, Edinburgh, and Harrogate Ladies College.[1] She also attended schools in France and Germany. In 1941 she married Dr. David Burnford, with whom she had three children. During World War II, she worked as a volunteer ambulance driver.[

    Bel Ria: Dog of War - Sheila Burnford - Google Books

  • Born in Scotland but brought up in various parts of the United Kingdom, she attended St. George's School, Edinburgh and Harrogate Ladies College.

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  • Sheila Philip Cochrane Burnford née Every (– 20 April 1984) was a Scottish writer.

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  • The spellbinding tale of a small dog caught up in the Second World War, and of the extraordinary life-transforming attachments he forms with the people he.

    • Sheila Burnford - Wikipedia

      The destruction of a Gypsy circus caravan, by a German fighter pilot, sets in motion a desperate search by a courageous little dog, BEL RIA, and his faithful and constant companion LOUIS, a capuchin monkey, for the one last person they know that has ties to the Gypsy Caravan--a wounded English soldier.

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      Bel Ria is a magical story; Mrs. Burnford has benevolent witchery.” —The Wall Street Journal “Bel Ria can’t help but become another classic...
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    Bel Ria is an exciting story about a compellingly real, completely believable dog.
    Bel Ria is a magical story; Mrs. Burnford has benevolent witchery.” — The Wall Street Journal “ Bel Ria can’t help but become another classic...
    Another book, Bel Ria, about a dog's survival in wartime, was based on her own experiences as an ambulance driver.

    Bel Ria: Burnford, Sheila: 9780316117180: Amazon.com: Books

      Marooned in England in the midst of the Blitz, Ria rescues an old woman from the rubble of her bombed house, and finds himself unexpectedly transformed into Bel, the coiffed and pampered companion of her old age.