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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:125%; font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">We Couldn't Leave Dinah <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=We+Couldn%27t+Leave+Dinah&rft.author=%5B%5BMary+Treadgold%5D%5D&rft.date=1941&rft.pub=%5B%5BJonathan+Cape%5D%5D&rft.place=United+Kingdom&rft.pages=272+pp+%28first+edition%29&rft_id=info:oclcnum/41974333"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:We_Couldn%27t_Leave_Dinah_cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/We_Couldn%27t_Leave_Dinah_cover.jpg/220px-We_Couldn%27t_Leave_Dinah_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/We_Couldn%27t_Leave_Dinah_cover.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="386" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">First edition</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Treadgold" title="Mary Treadgold">Mary Treadgold</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Illustrator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Tresilian" title="Stuart Tresilian">Stuart Tresilian</a> (first ed.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_literature" title="Children's literature">Children's</a> <a href="/wiki/War_novel" title="War novel">war novel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pony_book" title="Pony book">pony book</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Cape" title="Jonathan Cape">Jonathan Cape</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1941</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (hardcover)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">272 pp (first edition)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)"><abbr title="Online Computer Library Center number">OCLC</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41974333">41974333</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/LCC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCC (identifier)"><abbr title="Library of Congress Classification">LC Class</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">PZ7.T6893 Le<sup id="cite_ref-LCCleft_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCCleft-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br />PZ7.T6893 We2<sup id="cite_ref-LCCwe_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCCwe-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Followed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Polly Harris </i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>We Couldn't Leave Dinah</b></i> is a children's novel by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Treadgold" title="Mary Treadgold">Mary Treadgold</a>, first published by Jonathan Cape in 1941 with illustrations by <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Tresilian" title="Stuart Tresilian">Stuart Tresilian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-worldcat_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldcat-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a contemporary adventure story set on a fictional island in the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and eventually during a German occupation. Treadgold won the 1941 <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Medal_(literary_award)" title="Carnegie Medal (literary award)">Carnegie Medal</a> recognising the year's outstanding children's book.<sup id="cite_ref-medal1941_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medal1941-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the US, it was published within the calendar year as <i>Left Till Called For</i>, with illustrations by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Floethe" title="Richard Floethe">Richard Floethe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doubleday,_Doran" class="mw-redirect" title="Doubleday, Doran">Doubleday, Doran</a>, 1941).<sup id="cite_ref-LCCleft_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCCleft-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-worldcat-us_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldcat-us-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Penguin issued a Puffin Books edition under the original title in 1964, with illustrations including colour plates by Elisabeth Grant.<sup id="cite_ref-LCCwe_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LCCwe-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-worldcat-grant_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldcat-grant-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 1946 French edition used the original Tresilian illustrations.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_summary">Plot summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Couldn%27t_Leave_Dinah&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novel is set during the summer holidays early in the Second World War. The Templetons are English residents on the fictional island of Clerinel in the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>. The children are all members of the local <a href="/wiki/The_Pony_Club" title="The Pony Club">Pony Club</a>. Caroline rides the spirited Dinah, Mick the more placid Punch, and their little brother the chubby Bellman. </p><p>Meanwhile, there are rumours that the Germans who have <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Channel_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of the Channel Islands">occupied the nearby Channel Islands</a> may be planning to take over Clerinel too. The location and topography of the island are ideally suited as a platform for launching an invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_England" title="Southern England">South Coast</a>. Mr. Templeton discusses leaving with the children, prompting Caroline's horrified response: "We couldn't leave Dinah". </p><p>The Pony Club's chairman, Peter Beaumarchais, has surprisingly opted for a fancy-dress carnival as their Anniversary Day celebration in mid-September. Caroline decides to go as <a href="/wiki/Elaine_of_Astolat" title="Elaine of Astolat">Elaine the Lily Maid of Astolat</a>; Mick chooses to dress simply as a local fisherboy and borrows some clothes from Petit-Jean. During the celebration Caroline spots some unfamiliar riders in fancy dress. These riders turn out to be a party of German invaders taking advantage of the fancy dress to gain easy access to the <a href="/wiki/Martello_tower" title="Martello tower">Martello tower</a>. </p><p>The English residents hurriedly evacuate, but in the confusion Caroline and Mick are left behind. Their home having been requisitioned by the German general, they camp in some caves that have been fitted out as stables. With the help of Peter they manage to survive and stay hidden while planning their escape. </p><p>After Mick stumbles across a hidden message and decodes it, they realise there are spies on the English side working on the island. Believing he can help discover some useful information, Mick volunteers to coach Nannerl, the German general's granddaughter, in riding. Nannerl joins the Pony Club, and when Caroline leaves the island she feels Dinah is safe with the German girl until they can return. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characters">Characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Couldn%27t_Leave_Dinah&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>The English</dt></dl> <ul><li>Caroline Templeton, thirteen-year-old girl</li> <li>Mick Templeton, her fourteen-year-old brother</li> <li>Thomas Templeton, their seven-year-old brother</li> <li>Mr. Templeton, their father (their mother is at this time stranded in Africa by the war)</li> <li>Alison & Nicholas Lindsay, Pam Lawrence, Rosemary Ellis, Richard Penfold and others, Pony Club members</li> <li>Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, Pam's parents</li> <li>Commander Seymour, naval officer</li></ul> <dl><dt>The French islanders</dt></dl> <ul><li>Peter Beaumarchais, president of the Pony Club</li> <li>Monsieur Beaumarchais, his father</li> <li>Petit-Jean, the Templetons' stable-boy</li> <li>Meurice & Pierre le Mesurier, fishermen</li> <li>Jacques Dupuy, their cousin</li></ul> <dl><dt>The Germans</dt></dl> <ul><li>General Schleicher, leader of the occupation force</li> <li>Nannerl Schleicher, his eight-year-old granddaughter</li> <li>Karl Muller, Nannerl's "Cousin Karl", aka "Blue Feather" who led the fancy dress riders</li> <li>Friedel & Heidi, the Schleichers' maids</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sequel">Sequel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Couldn%27t_Leave_Dinah&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sequel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Caroline and Mick Templeton appear again in <i>The Polly Harris</i> (1949), without ponies. Sent to summer school to improve their grades, they dread being cooped up in London, but they soon find Prettyman's Hard, a little community hidden away on the edge of the river in a very old part of the city, which is anything but dull. Mick and Caroline are thrilled when their new friends the Gotchkisses plan a trip to Australia on the <i>Polly Harris</i>. They also uncover a case of fraud. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Couldn%27t_Leave_Dinah&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although itself far more than a conventional <a href="/wiki/Pony_book" title="Pony book">pony book</a>, <i>We Couldn't Leave Dinah</i> had its origin in Mary Treadgold's dismay at the many "quite frightful" examples of horse and pony books she saw as children's editor at <a href="/wiki/Heinemann_(book_publisher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heinemann (book publisher)">Heinemann</a>. "This was September 1940 and not being a knitter or caring for the sound of falling bombs, I occupied myself relatively painlessly in the air-raid shelter with trying to implement my own verdict, 'I could do better myself!'"<sup id="cite_ref-medal1941_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medal1941-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was her first book, and won the <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Medal_(literary_award)" title="Carnegie Medal (literary award)">Carnegie Medal</a>. The award has been called "premature", as the book does not contain her best writing, and she may have benefited from poor competition during the war,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the novel remained in print for over four decades. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Allusions_to_other_works">Allusions to other works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Couldn%27t_Leave_Dinah&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Allusions to other works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Having read <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Tennyson,_1st_Baron_Tennyson" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson">Tennyson</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Idylls_of_the_King" title="Idylls of the King">Idylls of the King</a></i>, Caroline chooses to go to the fancy-dress as the romantic heroine Elaine.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later Caroline compares their gloomy attitude unfavorably to the adventurous spirits of two sets of children in popular books of the time, the <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ransome" title="Arthur Ransome">Arthur Ransome</a> children (of the <i><a href="/wiki/Swallows_and_Amazons_series" title="Swallows and Amazons series">Swallows and Amazons series</a></i> of books) and <a href="/wiki/M._E._Atkinson" title="M. E. Atkinson">M. E. Atkinson</a>'s Lockett family (from <i>August Adventure</i>, <i>Mystery Manor</i> etc.): "each child brooded upon those fascinating, incredible spirits of the nursery bookshelf, each the irresistible magnet of adventure".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Couldn%27t_Leave_Dinah&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em ;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-LCCleft-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LCCleft_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LCCleft_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lccn.loc.gov/41019206">"Left till called for"</a> (first U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 4 September 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LCCwe-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LCCwe_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LCCwe_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lccn.loc.gov/65000756">"We couldn't leave Dinah"</a>. LCC record. Retrieved 4 September 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-worldcat-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-worldcat_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/504459714">"We Couldn't Leave Dinah ... Illustrated from drawings by S. Tresilian"</a> (Cape, 1941). WorldCat. Retrieved 12 January 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-medal1941-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-medal1941_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-medal1941_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/archive-title.php?id=114">Carnegie Winner 1941</a>. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. <a href="/wiki/CILIP" class="mw-redirect" title="CILIP">CILIP</a>. Retrieved 27 February 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-worldcat-us-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-worldcat-us_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/formats-editions/954185970"><i>Left Till Called For</i> formats and editions</a>. WorldCat. Retrieved 12 January 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://photo.pds.org:5005/wb/PrintMedia?id=bt141128">Literature for Children (1941)</a>. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2012">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-worldcat-grant-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-worldcat-grant_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>We Couldn't Leave Dinah</i> (Penguin: Puffin Books #PS224). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/759573524">Harmondsworth, 1964</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/684932">Baltimore, 1964</a>. WorldCat. Retrieved 12 January 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/458364306">"Vacances de guerre {...} Illustrations de Stuart Tresilian"</a> (Paris, 1946). WorldCat. Retrieved 12 January 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marcus Crouch, <i>The Nesbit Tradition</i>, Ernest Benn, 1972, p. 218.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>We Couldn't Leave Dinah</i>, Chapter II.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>We Couldn't Leave Dinah</i>, Chapter V.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=We_Couldn%27t_Leave_Dinah&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg/20px-Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg" decoding="async" width="20" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg/30px-Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg/41px-Tom_Sawyer_1876_frontispiece.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1115" data-file-height="1536" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Children%27s_literature" title="Portal:Children's literature">Children's literature portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Finnhorse_stallion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Finnhorse_stallion.jpg/32px-Finnhorse_stallion.jpg" decoding="async" width="32" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Finnhorse_stallion.jpg/48px-Finnhorse_stallion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Finnhorse_stallion.jpg/64px-Finnhorse_stallion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="363" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Horses" title="Portal:Horses">Horses portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120218201402/http://janebadgerbooks.co.uk/misc/treadgold.html">Mary Treadgold at Jane Badger Books</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; 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