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"Shinel" redirects here. For a short story by Nikolai Gogol, see "The Overcoat"

Painting depicting light infantry officers of the Grande Armée wearing greatcoats.

A greatcoat, (Russian: Шинель, translit. Shinel) also known as a watchcoat, is a large overcoat typically made of wool designed for warmth and protection against the weather. Its collar and cuffs can be turned out to protect the face and hands from cold and rain, and the short cape around the shoulders provides extra warmth and repels rainwater (if made of a waterproof material). It was popular in the 19th century as a military uniform and casual wear for the wealthy, and is still issued for inclement weather by many armed forces around the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries and the Industrial Revolution, greatcoats became available for all social classes.

The coat generally hangs down below the knees and the cape is kept short, normally just above or below the elbows. It also sports deep pockets for keeping letters and food dry. It is typically coloured grey, though other colours may be used (e.g. black, brown, navy blue). One type of greatcoat is the Petersham (after Petersham in Surrey).

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  Post-World War II German greatcoats

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  Greatcoats worn by soldiers being reviewed by President Vladimir Putin at a military parade

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  Royal Air Force officers wearing greatcoats, inspecting an aircraft in France.

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  Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin wearing greatcoats at Yalta, 1945

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Helen Dunmore
Born	(1952-12-12) 12 December 1952 (age 59)

Helen Dunmore (born 12 December 1952) is a British poet, novelist and children's writer.^[1] Educated at the University of York, she now lives in Bristol. She has won awards for her fiction (the Society of Authors' McKitterick Prize and the Orange Prize) and also for her poetry (she has won the Cardiff International Poetry Prize, been shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and had her books named as Poetry Book Society Choice and Recommendations). Dunmore is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL). Some of her children's books are now included in reading schemes for use in schools.

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Novels[link]

• Zennor in Darkness (McKitterick Prize 1994)
• Burning Bright (1994)
• A Spell of Winter (Orange Prize 1996)
• Talking to the Dead (1996)
• Your Blue-Eyed Boy (1998)
• With your Crooked Heart (1999)
• The Siege (2001) (Shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award; shortlisted for the Orange Prize 2002)
• Mourning Ruby (2003)
• House of Orphans (2006)
• Counting the Stars (2008)
• The Betrayal (2010) (ISBN 978-1905490592)
• The Greatcoat (2012) (ISBN 978-0099564935)

Short story collections[link]

• Love of Fat Men (1997)
• Ice Cream (2001)
• Rose, 1944 (2005)

Young adult books[link]

• Zillah and Me!
  • The Lilac Tree (first published as Zillah and Me) (2004)
  • The Seal Cove (first published as The Zillah Rebellion) (2004)
  • The Silver Bead (2004)
• The Ingo Chronicles
  • Ingo (2005)
  • The Tide Knot (2006)
  • The Deep (2007)
  • The Crossing of Ingo (2008)
  • Stormswept (2012)

Children's books[link]

• Going to Egypt (1992)
• In the Money (1995)
• Go Fox (1996)
• Fatal Error (1996)
• Amina's Blanket (1996)
• Clyde's Leopard (1998)
• Great-Grandma's Dancing Dress (1998)
• Brother Brother, Sister Sister (1999)
• Aliens Don't Eat Bacon Sandwiches (2000)
• The Ugly Duckling (2001)
• Tara's Tree House (2003)
• The Allie Books (1997–2000)

Poetry collections[link]

• The Apple Fall (1983)
• The Sea Skater (1986)
• The Raw Garden (1988)
• Short Days, Long Nights (1991)
• Recovering a Body (1994)
• Secrets (1994)
• Bestiary (1997)
• Out of the Blue (2001)
• Glad of these times (2006)

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External links[link]

• Author site
• Helen Dunmore at Contemporary Writers
• HarperCollins Canada site
• Dunmore reads her poem, "Wild strawberries"
• Ingo by Helen Dunmore