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# Barbara Willard

(1909–1994)   Writer

 **2** quotes in **4** categories

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Barbara Willard was a writer.

## Quick Facts About Barbara Willard

Born March 12, 1909

Died February 18, 1994

Profession Writer

## About Barbara Willard

English children's writer... \| Barbara Mary Willard was a British novelist best known for children's historical fiction. Her "Mantlemass Chronicles" is a family saga set in 15th to 17th-century England. For one chronicle, The Iron Lily (1973), she won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a book award judged by panel of B

##  Quotes by Barbara Willard

> [“Fathers do as they wish with their children. They break their hearts if it suits them, as easily as they would wring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-willard/fathers-do-as-they-wish-with-their-children-they-break-their-hearts/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“Few things can be pleasanter than riding a reliable broomstick through a moony autumn night. It is best of all when home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-willard/few-things-can-be-pleasanter-than-riding-a-reliable-broomstick/)

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[Autumn Night](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autumn-night-531983/)

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