The Biographical Works of Priscilla Napier 'Chronicler of the Napier family' |
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| Lady Sarah Lennox and the Napiers [2nd Vol.] | 1971 | |
The Napiers in Scotland [ Ist Vol.] |
1972 | |
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Lady Sarah's children [3rd Vol.] |
1973 | |
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A Memoir of Lady Delia Peel |
Born Spencer 1889 - 1981 |
1984 |
Charles Napier in India 1841 - 1844 |
1990 | |
Charles Napier in India 1844 - 1851 |
1991 | |
A Life of Admiral Sir
Charles Napier KCB |
1995 | |
William John, 9th Lord Napier in China 1834 |
1995 | |
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Henry at Sea |
Part one of the life of Captain Henry Napier RN 1789 - 1853 | 1997 |
Part two of the life of Captain Henry Napier RN 1789 - 1853 |
1997 | |
| A memoir of Priscilla's own early years in Egypt | 1966 | |
| Priscilla Napier was born on 5 October 1908 in Oxford, the
Daughter of Sir William Hayter, legal/financial advisor to the
Egyptian government in the days of the British Protectorate.
Her mother was Alethea Slessor, the daughter of a Hampshire
rector. She spent her early days in Egypt but left there
at the age of 12 to continue her education. At the age of
22 Priscilla married a naval officer, Trevylyan Napier.
Sadly, on 30 August 1940, Commander Trevylyan died on HMS Jackel
and through her long widowhood, after bringing up their three
children, Priscilla wrote a series of books about her husbands famous
Napier family. She died at Guildford, Surrey 10th October 1998.
Her husband was descended from the Napiers of East Pennard in Somerset and their ancestors were the ones who are said to have migrated from Scotland to Dorset in the late 15th Century. |
Other Works of Priscilla Napier |
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This Poem was written by Priscilla in memory of her husband, 'Trevie' Napier - a kind of memorial to his courage and their love. The book has a long forward by Eric Linklater and was first published under the pseudonym of Eve Stuart. | 1944 |
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Coming Home from Sea |
A collection of Priscilla's poems | 1999 |
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Plymouth in War |
Poem -a "verse documentary" of the population of Plymouth under bombing during the 2nd Word War. | 1978 |
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The Kingdom of Edmund |
A poem about St Edmund, an East Anglian King who was killed by the Danes in the 9th century. | 1984 |
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A Ballad of Henry VIII and Sir Thomas Wyatt |
Poem | 1994 |
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Imperial Winds |
Novel | |
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Bishop Theophan's The Art Of Prayer |
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