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Carola Oman
Carola Oman (1897–1978) was an English historical novelist, biographer and children's writer, best known for her retelling of the Robin Hood legend and a 1946 biography of Admiral Lord Nelson.〔Entry for Carola Oman in ''The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English'' (Retrieved 8 July 2012. Pay-walled. )〕 ==Background== Carola Mary Anima Oman was born on 11 May 1897 in Oxford, the second of three children of the military historian Sir Charles Oman (1860–1946) of All Souls and his wife Mary (1866–1950), daughter of General Robert Maclagan of the Royal Engineers. She described a rather sumptuous and sociable childhood in a final book illustrated with photographs, ''An Oxford Childhood''.〔London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1976. ISBN 0340212659〕 As a child she wrote several plays that were performed by friends. Another early interest was photography.〔''An Oxford Childhood'', passim.〕 She was sent in 1906 to Miss Batty's, later Wychwood School〔Josephine Ransom: ''Schools of Tomorrow in England'' (London: Bell, 1919). (Retrieved 8 July 2012. )〕 in Oxford. She would have liked to have gone to boarding school, but her parents would not agree, and she continued at Miss Batty's until the spring of 1914.〔 ODNB entry by Mark Bostridge. (Retrieved 8 July 2012. Pay-walled. )〕〔Orlando project: (Retrieved 8 July 2012. )〕 The family moved in 1908 into Frewin Hall, now part of Brasenose College, Oxford.〔A detailed account of the history of Frewin Hall: (Retrieved 8 July 2012. )〕 Her brother Charles (C. C. Oman) became a keeper of the Victoria and Albert Museum and wrote several books on silverware and other domestic metalwork. The set designer Julia Trevelyan Oman (1930–2003) was her niece.〔Obituary: (Retrieved 8 July 2012. )〕 She was married on 26 April 1922 to Gerald Foy Ray Lenanton (1896–1952), son of a timber agent, with Hensley Henson officiating, as he had at her christening. The couple remained childless. The novelist Georgette Heyer was a lifelong friend, who even took the time to compile a 16-page index for Oman's ''Britain against Napoleon'', published in 1942 by Faber and Faber.〔''The Indexer'' 17/1 (April 1990). (Retrieved 1 August 2012. )〕 Another writer friend in Oxford was Joanna Cannan,〔〔''An Oxford Childhood'', pp. 119, 133, 143, 149 and 174.〕 who dedicated her 1931 novel ''High Table'' to Oman.〔
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