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Bagnold, Enid, 1889-1981We have 1 book for this author.Enid, Lady Jones (27 October 1889 – 31 March 1981), known by her maiden name as Enid Algerine Bagnold, was a British author and playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet which was filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor. She was born in Rochester, Kent, and brought up mostly on the West Indian island of Jamaica. She went to art school in London, and then worked for Frank Harris. She was a nurse during World War I, writing critically of the hospital administration and being dismissed as a result. She was a driver in France for the remainder of the war years. In 1920 she married Sir Roderick Jones (Chairman of Reuters) but continued to use her maiden name for her writing. They lived at North End House in Rottingdean, near Brighton, Sussex, (previously the home of Sir Edward Burne-Jones), the garden of which inspired her play The Chalk Garden. She died at Rottingdean in 1981 and is buried at St Margaret's Church. Their granddaughter is Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor. Works
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