The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope librarything. Her eccentric uncle enos drives away her only new acquaintance, pat, a handsome british scholar, then leaves peggy to fend for herself. Fiction, ghosts, history, juvenile fiction, orphans, space and time. The sherwood ring by author elizabeth marie pope published on october, 2001. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Elizabeth marie pope in 1558, while exiled by queen mary tudor to a remote castle known as perilous gard, young kate sutton becomes involved in a series of mysterious events that lead her to an underground world peopled by fairy folkwhose customs are even older than the druids and include human sacrifice. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope english paperback book free shipping. The sherwood ring is one little jewel of a book, a unique treasure. The modernday story is the weakest part of the book. The story of peggy grahame, and how she is forced to relocate to her uncles estate when she is orphaned.
The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope the bookwyrms hoard. On horseback, barbara grahame, painted 1773 at age 16, points out pat thorne for a ride, but historian uncle enos drives away the scholar from england who requests family papers. See all books authored by elizabeth marie pope, including the sherwood ring, and the perilous gard, and more on. Mar 20, 2012 elizabeth marie pope was a professor of english for thirtyeight years. The perilous gard by elizabeth marie pope, author of the sherwood ring, illustrated by richard cuffari, vintage 1974, hardcover book with dust jacket, houghton mifflin exlibrary stamp on title page, cardholder in back. Buy the sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope online at alibris.
The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope 2001, paperback. Buy a cheap copy of the sherwood ring book by elizabeth marie pope. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope 20011029 on. I loved her other novel, the perilous gard, which was a vivid and ethereal novel with lifeordeath stakes for the selfconscious but courageous heroine. Such a shame that she only wrote two novels in her lifetime. Along the way she meets the ghosts of many characters from the revolutionary period. I had several friends recommend it to me, but i knew it was a romance story and therefore kept putting it off. Apr 11, 2019 the sherwood ring has been one of my favorite childrensya books for decades. Elizabeth marie pope, evaline ness the sherwood ring. The perilous gard by elizabeth marie pope book resume.
The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope, illustrated by evaline ness in this book originally published in the 1950s, young peggy grahame meets ghosts and. The perilous gard elizabeth marie pope 19171992 was an author specializing in elizabethan england and the works of john milton and william shakespeare. Evaline ness newly orphaned peggy grahame is sent to live with an eccentric uncle who leaves her largely to herself. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. She discovers that uncle enos house is full of mysteries and ghosts, and peggy becomes. She discovers that uncle enos house is full of mysteries. Peggy grahame 17 narrates her may arrival at haunted ancestral estate restandbethankful, built 1749 orange county new york.
Elizabeth marie pope wrote only two ya novels, this one and the perilous gard. The sherwood ring npr coverage of the sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope. Jul 8, 2014 elizabeth marie pope, evaline ness the sherwood ring. At restandbethankful in upper new york, the ancestral home now occupied by grumpy uncle enos, peggy grahame meets several whimsical ghosts who unfold the eventful history of the old house. Elizabeth marie pope 19171992 was an author specializing in elizabethan england and the works of john milton and william shakespeare. The sherwood ring book by elizabeth marie pope 6 available. I had fallen in love with elizabeth marie popes only other ya novel, the perilous gard, a few years earlier, but i was unaware that the author had written another book. Elizabeth marie pope, richard cuffari illustrator 4. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Is there anything more promising than a novel that opens with a young person traveling to a mysterious ancestral home for the first time.
After the death of her father, seventeenyearold peggy grahame is sent to live with her elderly uncle enos at restandbethankful, the grahame familys ancestral estate in rural new york. Evaline ness a young orphan is sent to live with an eccentric uncle who leaves her largely to herself. The sherwood ring in this book originally published in the 1950s, young peggy grahame meets ghosts and gets involved in a mystery as she explores her familys ancestral estate. The sherwood ring livros na amazon brasil 9780606225939. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope abebooks. The sherwood ring by pope, elizabeth marie, 1917publication date 1958. Newly orphaned peggy grahame thinks that her eccentric uncle will be the only relative living at her familys ancestral estate. Newly orphaned peggy grahame is caught offguard when she first arrives at her familys ancestral estate. She wrote the sherwood ring in 1958, and her second book, the newberyaward winning the perilous gard a previous old favorite, in 1974. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope goodreads.
On the way she meets pat, a handsome british scholar, and. Elizabeth marie pope was an american, newbury honorwinning author and educator specializing in elizabethan england. History, ghosts, spies, ciphers, and love have been served up in a light souffle of a novel that will keep young readers ages ten through fourteen reading breathlessly to find out what happens next. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope 20011029. The sherwood ring has been one of my favorite childrensya books for decades. Elizabeth marie pope was a professor of english for thirtyeight years. Buy this book history literally comes to life in this romantic fantasy. Our book of the day, elizabeth marie popes the sherwood ring, combines a dollop of history with a great deal of romance. Editions of the sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope. Elizabeth marie pope was born on may 1, 1917 in washington, d.
Elizabeth marie pope read online free books archive. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In 1558 while imprisoned in a remote castle, a young girl becomes involved in a series of events that leads to an underground labyrinth peopled by the last practitioners of druidic magic. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope 1958 peggy grahames scamp of a father has just died, and on his death bed, he explained that she would be sent to stay with her uncle enos, an eccentric historian, on the allegedly haunted family farm near goshen, new york. Click to read more about the sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope book resume. Elizabeth marie pope books list of books by author. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope, evaline ness. The sherwood ring, by elizabeth marie pope, is one of the most utterly delightful books it has ever been my privilege to encounter. Buy the sherwood ring book online at best prices in india on. Oct 29, 2001 sherwood ring by elizabeth pope, 9780618150748, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Im so grateful, though, that she never got into writing the sequels and bloated trilogies that crowd todays bookstores. Cuffari is a contributor for houghton mifflin company titles including. The sherwood ring is a 1958 young adult novel by elizabeth marie pope the story of peggy grahame, and how she is forced to relocate to her uncles estate when she is orphaned.
The sherwood ring is a 1958 young adult novel by elizabeth marie pope. I agree with other readers that its a pity elizabeth marie pope published only two books. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope is a book about a newlyorphaned girl named peggy grahame who is sent away to the family home owned by her eccentric uncle enos, restandbethankful, to live. Jul 15, 2015 the sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope id heard a lot about this book before i read it. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope caroline the. Puffin books, may 1, 1992 juvenile fiction 266 pages. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope the bookwyrms.
There was richard grahame, a colonel in washingtons army, assigned to capture dashing, foxy peaceable drummond sherwood, the incorrigible british officer whose raids and daring were disrupting the area. The sherwood ring, written in 1958, is a about a thousand nostalgic hearts stars for this older ya novel, a delightful mix of exciting revolutionary war stories and kindly ancestral spirits. The sherwood ring by elizabeth marie pope 2001, hardcover. Although im sure she published many academic papers, these were her only two novels. Oct 14, 20 the sherwood ring, written in 1958 by elizabeth marie pope, is about a newlyorphaned seventeenyearold named peggy grahame who goes to live with her eccentric uncle at the old family estate in new yorkand she quickly discovers that when her father told her that restandbethankful was haunted, he meant it.
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