Emma Marshall
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Emma Marshall was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels.
Born Emma Martin in Cromer
, Norfolk
in 1830. In 1854 she married a banker Hugh Graham Marshall and they lived in Clifton
in Bristol, Somerset. In 1861 she started writing novels and by the time of her death had written over 200. Her method was to pick a historic character or famous building and weave a story around it, her best selling books were Under Salisbury Spire, Penshurst Castle and Winchester Meads.
Emma and Hugh had nine daughters, the youngest daughter Christabel Marshall
was a campaigner for women's suffrage
, a playwright
and author
.
Marshall died at home in Clifton on 4 May 1899 from Pneumonia.
Born Emma Martin in Cromer
Cromer
Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in north Norfolk, England. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The town is situated 23 miles north of the county town, Norwich, and is 4 miles east of Sheringham...
, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
in 1830. In 1854 she married a banker Hugh Graham Marshall and they lived in Clifton
Clifton, Bristol
Clifton is a suburb of the City of Bristol in England, and the name of both one of the city's thirty-five council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells...
in Bristol, Somerset. In 1861 she started writing novels and by the time of her death had written over 200. Her method was to pick a historic character or famous building and weave a story around it, her best selling books were Under Salisbury Spire, Penshurst Castle and Winchester Meads.
Emma and Hugh had nine daughters, the youngest daughter Christabel Marshall
Christabel Marshall
Christabel Gertrude Marshall was a British campaigner for women's suffrage, a playwright and author...
was a campaigner for women's suffrage
Women's suffrage
Women's suffrage or woman suffrage is the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending these rights to women and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax, or...
, a playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
.
Marshall died at home in Clifton on 4 May 1899 from Pneumonia.