Mary Burchell (1904–1986)
Forfatter af Safe Passage: The Remarkable True Story of Two Sisters Who Rescued Jews from the Nazis
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Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) Ida Cook also writes as Mary Burchell and James Keene (with Will Cook).
Image credit: Ida Cook (aka Mary Burchell)
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Værker af Mary Burchell
Safe Passage: The Remarkable True Story of Two Sisters Who Rescued Jews from the Nazis (1950) 157 eksemplarer
Golden Harlequin Library, Volume VIII: Choose the One You'll Marry / Sweet Barbary / Senior Surgeon at St. David's (1971) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Golden Harlequin Library, Volume XLIII: The Reluctant Guest / Nurse in Waiting / Away Went Love (1974) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Harlequin Omnibus 04: The Heart Cannot Forget / Ward of Lucifer / A Home for Joy (1975) 3 eksemplarer
Golden Harlequin Library, Volume XIII: Dear Sir / Nurse at Ryeminster / The Blue Caribbean (1971) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Bosnimf 2 eksemplarer
Golden Harlequin Library, Volume XLV: On the Air / Doctor Benedict / The Black Cameron (1974) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Harlequin Omnibus 77: It's Rumoured in the Village / Except My Love / Strangers May Marry (1977) 2 eksemplarer
Romance Treasury: Yours With Love / Man in the Shadows / The Everywhere Man (1987) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Harlequin Omnibus 37: The Other Linding Girl / Girl With a Challenge / My Sister Celia (1976) 2 eksemplarer
Romance Treasury: Tell Me My Fortune / A Scent of Lemons / Country of the Wine (1979) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Romance Treasury: The Guarded Gates / Pay Me Tomorrow / The Darling Pirate (1977) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Golden Harlequin Library, Volume XXXVII: Once You Have Found Him / Plantation Doctor / Paris- and My Love — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Golden Harlequin Library, Volume XVI: Portrait of Susan / Doctor's Orders / Love Him or Leave Him — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Golden Harlequin Library, Volume XXXI: Towards the Sun / The Wedding Dress / The House on Flamingo Cay (1973) 1 eksemplar
Harlequin Classic Library Series #1-10 (10 in 1) 1 eksemplar
3 Great Novels By Mary Burchell 1 eksemplar
Golden Harlequin Library, Volume XLI: Over the Blue Mountains / Summer Lightning / Lucy Lamb, Doctor's Wife — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Pension op stelten 1 eksemplar
Harlequin Omnibus 17 - Take Me with You / Choose Which You Will / Meant for Each Other (1978) 1 eksemplar
Liefde kent geen grenzen 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- Burchell, Mary
- Juridisk navn
- Cook, Ida
- Andre navne
- Burchell, Mary (pen name)
Keene, James (pen name) - Fødselsdato
- 1904-08-24
- Dødsdag
- 1986-12-22
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- Sunderland, Durham, England, UK
- Dødssted
- London, England, UK
- Bopæl
- Northumberland, England, UK
London, England, UK - Uddannelse
- Duchess' School, Alnwick
- Erhverv
- romance novelist
journalist
civil servant
autobiographer
Holocaust rescuer - Relationer
- Krauss, Clemens (friend)
- Organisationer
- Romantic Novelists' Association (president)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Righteous among the Nations
Blue Plaque - Kort biografi
- Ida Cook was born on 24 August 1904 at 37 Croft Avenue, Sunderland, England. With her elder sister Mary Louise Cook (1901), she attended the Duchess' School in Alnwick. Later the sisters took civil service jobs in London, and developed a passionate interest in opera.
A constant presence at Covent Garden, the pair became close to some of the greatest singers of the era; Amelia Galli-Curci, Rosa Ponselle, Tito Gobbi and Maria Callas. They also came to know the Austrian conductor Clemens Krauss, and it was through he that Cooks learned of the persecution of European Jews. In 1934, Krauss's wife asked the sisters to help a friend to leave Germany. Having accomplished this, the sisters continued the good work, pretending to be eccentric opera fanatics willing to go anywhere to hear a favourite artist. Krauss assisted them, even arranging to perform in cities they needed to visit. The sisters made repeated trips to Germany, bringing back jewellery and valuables belonging to Jewish families. This enabled Jews to satisfy British requirements as regards financial security - Jews were not allowed to leave Germany with their money. Using many techniques of evasion, including re-labelling furs with London labels, the sisters enabled 29 persons to escape from almost certain death.
The Cooks' own finances were little precarious, and when Ida obtained a contract with Mills and Boon to published her first novel in 1936, she left the Civil Service to write full time. As Mary Burchell, she became a prolific writer of romantic fiction. Her great popularity helped the success of Mills and Boon, and guaranteed substantial income after the war. For many decades, her writing supported her two passions: refugees and young opera singers. Her flat in Dolphin Square at various times housed homeless European families.
In 1950, Ida Cook wrote her autobiography: "We followed our stars", and in 1965, the Cook sisters were honoured as Righteous Gentiles by the Yad Vashem Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Authority in Israel, thus joining Oskar Schindler among others.
She helped to found and was for many years president of the Romantic Novelist's Association. As Mary Burchell, she wrote over a hundred romance novels, many of which were translated, and her most famous work is "The Warrender Saga", a series about the opera world, full of real details. She also wrote as James Keene with William Everett Cook.
Ida Cook passed away on December 22, 1986 and her sister Louise in 1991. - Oplysning om flertydighed
- Ida Cook also writes as Mary Burchell and James Keene (with Will Cook).
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