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Ida Pollock
April 12, 1908 ~ December 3, 2013 (105)
Ida Crowe was born on 12 April 1908 in Lewisham, Kent, England, the daughter of a single mother and a unknown father, that rumoured to be a Russian duke, who her mother met at a ball in Greenwich. From narrowly escaping being smothered with a pillow by the nurse who attended her birth, she traveled to Morocco alone as a teenager after suffering a mental breakdown. She began to write while still at school encouraged by her mother, and at 20, she sold her first three novels to George Newnes, where she met her future husband, Hugh Alexander Pollock, married with Enid Blyton, and divorced to Marion Atkinson. Nearly fifteen years after, he divorced, and they married on October 1943. In 1950, her husband had to declare bankruptcy, and she decided to write popular contemporary romances, and after her success, she also wrote historical romances and other type of books. She is also a recognised oil painter and makes model houses.
Books in Order: 7 titles
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Sir Faintheart
Ida Pollock (1908-2013) produced over a hundred popular novels, several set during the 19th century. She believed strongly that past and present could merge, and in this warm, humorous short story something of that feeling comes through. Travel back ...
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Country Air
Robina Shaw travels from the countryside to Lord Nelson's funeral and stays with her cousin Henrietta, only to have her life changed for good. When the Earl of Rockhampton finds out that Robina is Henrietta's cousin, he is amused, to Robina's surpris...
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Gideon Faber's Chance = Gideon Faber's Choice
Kim was employed at Merton Hall to help the elderly Mrs. Faber write her memoirs. She was delighted with the job, but came up against an overbearing son - Gideon Faber -- who went out of his way to create difficulties. Faber was, in particular, sus...