Winifred Carter
English author and playwright
not to be confused with Winifred S Carter, an American celebrity chef and cookery author also active from the 1920s–40s.
Winifred Carter (c. 1883–1949) was an English author and playwright, who was particularly active from the 1920s–40s.
Life
Carter was the mother of the mystery and detective novel author Emery Bonett and the wife of novelist John L. Carter, brother of actress and playwright Edith Carter.
Winifred Carter's most successful work was probably her 1945 novel Princess Fitz, which was made into a 1947 film Mrs. Fitzherbert.
It is a romance set in 1783, which chronicles the convoluted, yet ultimately doomed, relationship between a prince regent and a Catholic widow (Mrs Fitzherbert).
Bibliography of novels and short stories (with first UK/US publishing dates)
Ashes of Eden 1915/—
Lass o’ Laughter... The Novel of the Play by Edith Carter and Nan Marriott-Watson 1922/1922
Sylvia Revolts 1922/—
Miss Mischief (Ivy Stories no. 7) 1922/— (short story)
Ashes of Eden 1922/—
Celia Bound 1923/—
A Lovable Imp (Ivy Stories no.
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