Sir John Moore

Carola Oman (1897-1978) was an English historical novelist, biographer, and children's writer best known for her retelling of the Robin Hood legend in Robin Hood: Prince of Outlaws (1937) and her biography Nelson (1946), which won the Sunday Times Prize for English Literature. She also received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Sir John Moore (1953) and was appointed CBE in 1957.