Janet Morgan
Author of Agatha Christie
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"Minerva Louise at School" is the work of Janet Morgan Stoeke.
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- Birthdate
- 1945-12-05
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Lady Balfour of Burleigh, (Janet Morgan), MA, DPMI, FRSAS, Ron LLD (Strathclyde), Hon DLitt (Napier), FRSE. Writer; Company Director; b. 5.12.45, Montreal; m., Lord Balfour of Burleigh. Educ. Newbury County Girls' Grammar School; Oxford University; Sussex University; Harvard University. Member: Central Policy Review Staff, Cabinet Office, 1978-81, Board, British Council, 1989-99; Special Adviser to Director-General, BBC, 1983-86; Chairman, Cable & Wireless Flexible Resource Ltd., 1993-97; Non-Executive Director: Cable & Wireless, 1988-2004, W.H. Smith, 1989-95, Midlands Electricity, 1990-96, Scottish American Investment Co., since 1991, Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Investment Trust, since 1994, The Scottish Life Assurance Company, 1995-2001, Nuclear Generation Decommissioning Fund Ltd, since 1996, New Medical Technologies pic, 1997-2004, BPB pic, since 2000, Stagecoach pic, since 2001, Murray International pic, since 2003, Scottish Medical Research Fund, 1992-94; Member: Scottish Museums Council Development Resource, 1988-1997
Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland, 1990-97, Book Trust Scotland, 1992-99, Scottish Economic Council, 1993- 95, Scottish Hospitals Endowment Research Trust, 1992- 98, Dorothy Burns Charity, 1994-2002; Chairman, Scotland's Book Campaign, 1994-96, Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network, 1995-2004, Scottish Museum of the Year Award, 1999-2004; Trustee: Carnegie Endowment for the Universities of Scotland, since 1993, National Library of Scotland, since 2002, Stewart Ivory Foundation, since 2001.
Publications: Diaries of a Cabinet Minister 1964-70 by Richard Grossman (4 volumes) (Editor); The Future of Broadcasting, (Co-Editor, 1982); Agatha Christie: a biography, 1984; Edwina Mountbatten: a life of her own, 1991; The Secrets of rue St. Roch, 2004.
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- "Minerva Louise at School" is the work of Janet Morgan Stoeke.
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- #71,553
- Rating
- 4.0
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- 31
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- 6
I expect Miss Christie herself would have been pleased with this book as she consistently avoided the press. She disliked giving interviews and never agreed to appear on television. She did not discuss her writing process and saw no good reason why the public should expect a window into her life or mind. What does come across in this book is that she felt her writing was secondary to her roles of wife and mother. She strove to live a conventional and quiet life. The one incident that is often referred to is her strange disappearance when her car was found abandoned and she could not be located. Some said this was a publicity-stunt, which doesn’t ring true when she went out of her way to avoid any publicity, while others thought that she was suffering from amnesia. The author explains this incident as a time in her life when her marriage was going sour and her mother had recently died. Her husband had just announced that he was leaving her for another woman and she was suffering from depression.
I will always admire this author and love her mysteries but I think in the future I will honour her wish for privacy and not read anything more about her private life. Her wonderful characters, sparkling dialogue and intriguing mysteries are certainly enough for me.… (more)